Sandy Mendelson, longtime Dayton businessman, passes away

DAYTON — Sandy Mendelson, a longtime downtown Dayton businessman, died Saturday morning.

Mendelson’s daughter confirmed with News Center 7 that he passed away in his sleep at his home just five days shy of his 78th birthday.

Mendelson closed his iconic eight-story liquidation business on East First Street last year after 55 years of business.

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His family had been buying and selling surplus items in the Dayton area for more than five decades.

Mendelson was 77-years-old.

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