Cunningham, Emory Orgustus

▪ 2001

      American publisher (b. March 17, 1921, Kansas, Ala.—d. Jan. 24, 2000, Birmingham, Ala.), founded Southern Living magazine in 1966, a publication that highlighted the hospitality of the American South and was credited with increasing appreciation of the region's culture. In 1985 he sold Southern Living's holding company, Southern Progress Corp., to Time Inc. for $480 million.

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