Obituary
Arthur L. Irving, Billionaire Canadian Oilman, Dies at 93
- His company, Irving Oil, owns more than 900 gas stations
- ‘He’ll be considered one of the great oilmen in North America’
An Irving Oil truck drives past the company's refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick.
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Arthur L. Irving, the Canadian billionaire who modernized the nation’s largest refinery, expanded a network of service stations bearing his family’s name and helped win support for a cross-country oil pipeline, has died. He was 93.
Irving died on Monday surrounded by his wife, Sandra, and daughter, Sarah, Irving Oil Ltd. said on its website.