Stanley Tanger [SEP] cause of death
the company on August 7, 2009. He resigned as chairman of the board in September 2009, but remained a member of Tanger's board of directors until his death in 2010.
Tanger and his wife, Doris Tanger, a breast cancer survivor,
Stanley Tanger, a resident of Greensboro, died of pneumonia on October 23, 2010, aged 87. He was survived by his wife of sixty-three years, Doris Tanger, and his children and grandchildren. Tanger's funeral was held at Temple Emanuel,
Stanley Tanger
Stanley K. Tanger (April 13, 1923 – October 23, 2010) was an American businessman, philanthropist and pioneer of the outlet shopping industry. Tanger founded Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, which began with a single location in Burlington, North Carolina in 1981, and now has 45 shopping centers throughout the United States and Canada as of April, 2015. In doing so, he invented "the very concept of the outlet mall", according to the "News & Record" of Greensboro, North Carolina.