Toys R Us founder dies days after chain’s announced shutdown

By: Alexandra Olson
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Charles P. Lazarus, the World War II veteran who founded Toys R Us, has died at age 94. (Cheryl Chenet / Corbis via Getty Images)

Charles P. Lazarus, the World War II veteran who founded Toys R Us six decades ago and transformed it into an iconic piece of Americana, died Thursday at age 94, a week after the chain announced it was going out of business.

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