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== Early life == Dick Price was born October 12, 1930, to Herman and Audrey Price in the [[Rogers Park, Chicago|Rogers Park]] section of Chicago, Illinois.<ref name= wayoutin/>{{rp|134}} Price had a twin brother, Bobby, who died in 1933, and a sister Joan who was born in 1929.<ref name= wayoutin/>{{rp|134}} Price's father<ref name= wayoutin/>{{rp|135}} Herman Price ([[Anglicisation|anglicised]] from Preis<ref>{{cite journal |title=Illinois, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records |journal=National Archives at Chicago; Chicago, Illinois; ARC Title: Illinois, Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1991; NAI Number: 593882; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009 |date=1856β1991 |volume=Record Group Number: RG 21 }}</ref>) was born in an Eastern European Jewish family in 1895. The family emigrated from [[Lithuania]] in 1911 (at that time a part of [[Russia]]), first to [[New York City|New York]] and finally to [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]. During [[World War I]] his father served in the [[United States Coast Guard]], and then in the [[United States Navy]]. Herman was a refrigeration expert. He headed appliance manufacturing and design at [[Sears, Roebuck and Company|Sears]] for their Coldspot brand, working extensively with [[Raymond Loewy]], who was a close family friend. In 1936, the family moved into the two-floor penthouse apartment in at 707 W. Junior Terrace, just off [[Lake Shore Drive]] in Chicago. With the onset of [[World War II]], Herman was loaned by Sears to the [[Douglas Aircraft Company]] where he applied his assembly line experience to organizing the mass production of aircraft, including the [[B-17]] in particular. Although Herman was a charismatic businessman, he was an emotionally withdrawn and distant father for Dick.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} Price's mother,<ref name= wayoutin/>{{rp|135ff}} Audrey (Meyers) Price was born in [[Indiana]] in 1895, and grew up in [[Auburn, Illinois]]. She was of [[Dutch (ethnic group)|Dutch]], [[Irish people|Irish]] and [[English people|English]] heritage. Audrey was a domineering figure in the family, and a problematic and intrusive mother for Dick.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} In 1941, the Price family moved to [[Kenilworth, Illinois|Kenilworth]] on the [[North Shore (Chicago)|North Shore]] of Chicago. Dick graduated from [[New Trier High School]] in 1948.<ref name= wayoutin/>{{rp|136}} He joined New Trier's wrestling team and placed second in his weight class in the state of [[Illinois]]. Dick Price died at age 55 when he was struck by a boulder while hiking near [[Esalen Institute|Esalen]] on November 25, 1985. He was survived by his wife, Christine Stewart Price,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Christine |title=Christine Stewart Price Biography |url=https://www.tribalground.com/christinepricebio/ |website=Tribal Ground |publisher=Tribal Ground LLC |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref> and two children, [[David Price (actor)|David]] and Jennifer Price.
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