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Zollie Volchok, 95, pioneer in sports team marketing

By Bruce Weber

 |  New York Times  

  March 05, 2012

Zollie Volchok, a onetime theater manager and entertainment promoter who as general manager and president of the Seattle SuperSonics drew legions of fans to their arena and helped lead the franchise to its only NBA championship, died Feb. 26 in Seattle. He was 95.

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