Gap Founder Donald Fisher Dies at 81

Donald G. Fisher, who founded Gap, Inc. in 1969 with wife Doris, died yesterday of cancer. He was 81. “Today we lost a friend, a mentor, and a great visionary,” said Gap CEO Glenn Murphy in a statement issued last night. “Don and Doris took a simple idea and turned it into a brand recognized as a cultural icon throughout the world and changed the face of retail forever.”