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<title>
Mar. 25, 1991: American Notes:Texas
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Mar. 25, 1991 Boris Yeltsin:Russia's Maverick
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 25
American Notes
TEXAS
End of an Empire
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<p> When he died in 1973, former President Lyndon Johnson left
behind an assortment of thriving Texas broadcast and real
estate properties that in 1985 was valued at more than $100
million. But now the LBJ Co., owned almost entirely by the
Johnson family, is being dismantled for far less, a victim of
the state's economic bust. KLBJ AM-FM, the highly profitable
Austin radio station once valued at $27 million, is on the
block for $13.5 million. Thirty cable-TV systems may bring $50
million.
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<p> The sell-off was hastened by the illness and retirement of
CEO Donald Thomas, LBJ's lawyer, who ran the financial empire
single-handedly for years. Neither Lady Bird Johnson, 78, nor
daughters Lynda and Luci, who live far from Texas, are prepared
to ride herd on the business. Besides, the seven Johnson
grandchildren, who hold stakes in the company through their
trusts, are growing up. "It's generational change," said family
spokesman George Christian. "Everything dictated that they all
go their separate ways." And probably quite comfortably: all
the properties being offered are free of debt.
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