Angus Gilchrist Wynne Jr. (January 9, 1914 – March 12, 1979) was an American businessman. He was the founder of Wynnewood Shopping Center and community development in Oak Cliff, a residential and commercial district south of downtown Dallas. He also developed the Six Flags Over Texas, Six Flags Over Georgia, and Six Flags St. Louis theme parks in Texas, Georgia, and Missouri. He was CEO of Great Southwest Corp and Great Southwest Industrial District in Arlington, Texas. Angus Wynne Jr. later started Wynne Enterprises, conceptualizing one of the first water amusement parks in Galveston, Texas, but died before his dream could be developed.
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بيتر جي. وين (بالإنجليزية: Angus G. Wynne) هو شخصية أعمال أمريكي، ولد في 9 يناير 1914 في مقاطعة كوفمان في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 12 مارس 1979 في دالاس في الولايات المتحدة. (ar)
Angus Gilchrist Wynne Jr. (January 9, 1914 – March 12, 1979) was an American businessman. He was the founder of Wynn
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Angus G. Wynne
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Angus Gilchrist Wynne, Jr. (January 9, 1914–March 12, 1979) was an American businessman, and the founder and creator of Six Flags Theme Parks. He oversaw the creation and construction of his three original theme parks; Six Flags Over Texas, Six Flags Over Georgia, and Six Flags Over Mid-America (now Six Flags St. Louis).
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Creation of Six Flags Over Texas
Following a visit to the recently opened Disneyland in Anaheim, California, Wynne decided that his home state of Texas should have a local park for entertainment. Planning for such a place began in 1959, under the leadership of Wynne and the Great Southwest Corporation, along with the backing of various New York City investors. Construction on the park, and its next door neighbor, the Great Southwest Industrial Park, began in August 1960. Wynne first intended to name the park "Texas beneath Six Flags" until his wife notified him that "Te
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Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News
By Larry Herold Published 09-29-1985
He hasn't enjoyed the visibility of younger sibling Shannon, but the firstborn son of the man who built Six Flags Over Texas made his mark by bringing rhythm and blues to Dallas. Then came a Texas Woodstock, a booking agency, a music magazine, a modeling agency . . . Angus G. Wynne has a frozen iris in his left eye, a III tacked onto the end of his name and once danced onstage with James Brown. That sets him apart from most of us right there. But there is more. Part of his left side does not sweat, and somewhere in his attic there is a barbecue-stained paper plate signed by Otis Redding. At the moment, he has a platter of fried pickles in front of him and he's staring up into the eyes of a stranger who is wagging a finger in Wynne's face.
"I know you,' says the stranger. "You
are . . . ' We are sitting at a window table in the Catalina Cafe on Greenville. Wynne gla