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Gene Crozat, Founder of G & C Auto Body, Passes Away

November 28, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Gene Crozat, the founder of Santa Rosa, California-based G & C Auto Body died November 22 at the age of 72.

Gene Crozat, founder of  G & C Auto Body, died November 22 at the age of 72.

Gene Crozat, founder of G & C Auto Body, died November 22 at the age of 72.

Crozat opened G&C Auto Body with a partner in 1972 and built it into a recognized North Bay brand, with 11 locations in four counties in California with more than 200 employees.

According to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Crozat was recovering from minor heart surgery at a Burlingame hospital when he suffered an allergic reaction to medication and died Tuesday

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