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DAVID & PENNY MCCALL: U.S. philanthropists die on refugee aid mission 

Car crash in Albania kills N.Y. couple who used wealth for good
Jump to full article: Baltimore (MD) Sun, 1999-04-20

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The McCalls -- both longtime board members and benefactors of Refugees International -- were on a trip to aid the refugee effort when a driver lost control of their four-wheel-drive vehicle in heavy rain on a mountain road near Kukes and it fell into a ravine. . . In 1962, he co-founded McCaffrey & McCall, which drew such illustrious clients as Mercedes Benz, Exxon, Tiffany, J. C. Penney and Norelco. . . But despite his mounting riches and prominence in New York's business community, McCall was something of a liberal renegade.

He refused tobacco advertising, friends said. [This graph only]

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