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What went wrong? (rise and fall of Larry Robinson in business) (Cover Story)
Larry J.B. Robinson spent a lifetime grooming himself for the role of The Diamond Man. And then the curtain came down.
As before, a number of respondents felt they just couldn't imagine him as anything other than the "Diamond Man. "
- From a 1986 survey by National Market Measures Inc.
After 30 years of success and acclaim, neither could Larry Robinson.
The stores and the radio ads are gone now, silenced by recession and bankruptcy. Lost, too, is most of the $5.7 million he invested, along with some of the $3.7 million in personally guaranteed loans.
The rights to his father's name, J.B. Robinson, were sold away years ago, along with the retail jewelry chain that first transformed Lawrence Rapport Robinson into Larry J.B. Robinson, The Diamond Man.
The reputation - well, the reputation is the reason Larry Robinson is sitting here at all.
- 'Diamond Man' strikes rich vein. (Larry Robinson of Antwerp Diamond Centre...
- Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business Connole, Jon December 24, 1990 700+ words
|Diamond Man' strikes rich vein Larry Robinson may have struck gold with his Antwerp Diamond Centre stores. Word from "The Diamond Man" is that sales are soaring at his small jewelry chain...
- The Diamond Man was gem of a guy.(Opinion)(an obituary for Larry...
- Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business Robinson, Larry March 3, 2003 700+ words
...The rabbi's words to those gathered on a snowy Sunday for Larry Robinson's memorial service should have surprised no one: Larry...graciousness showed by his eulogists. It was just right. ``The Diamond Man'' would have been pleased. Most of the country knew Larry...
- Why 'the diamond man' lost the Midas touch. (Larry J.B. Robinson)
- Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business Thompson, Chris April 27, 1992 700+ words
...Robinson began promoting himself in radio ads as "The Diamond Man" -- a moniker he rode to fame and fortune. But in his...he said. "Timing was against him." A fabled past Larry Robinson's rise to prominence in Cleveland is almost the stuff of...
- Larry J.B. tosses his hat into the jewelry ring again. (Larry Robinson, Antwerp...
- Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business Mooney, Barbara March 26, 1990 700+ words
...jewelry ring again Leave it to Larry Robinson to describe his return to the...generation of Clevelanders as "The Diamond Man" said he was reminded of the...stores under the leadership of Larry Robinson before he sold it to W.R...
- TWO ARE KILLED IN SEPARATE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS RENTON GIRL, BLACK DIAMOND MAN...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) August 22, 1996 700+ words
A 14-year-old Renton girl was killed early yesterday, and a 25-year-old Black Diamond man died late Tuesday in separate traffic accidents, authorities said yesterday. The dead girl was identified as Marie Palmer, a...
- This 'diamond man' sparkles with age.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor November 2, 2001 700+ words
Byline: Greg M. Lamb In "Diamond Men," a low-budget independent film now playing around the United States, Robert Forster plays a diamond salesman traveling his route through Pennsylvania while teaching his young successor the business. The movie has received good reviews, and veteran actor Forster
- WOMAN IS SLAIN IN BLACK DIAMOND MAN JAILED IN CITY'S FIRST-EVER HOMICIDE.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) May 22, 2003 700+ words
Byline: P-I STAFF BLACK DIAMOND -- Police arrested a 42-year-old man ((age)) yesterday in what they say is the first homicide ever in this South King County city. Officers responded to a call of a reported stabbing at the Cedar Brook Mobile Home Park early yesterday morning, police Cmdr.
- Sound engineer slain in Twisp; 1 arrested; Industry veteran; Black Diamond man...
- Newspaper article from: The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) July 19, 2009 700+ words
Byline: Seattle Times Staff Tom Pfaeffle, a respected sound engineer from Black Diamond who worked with music groups that included Nirvana, The Black Crowes and Heart, was killed Friday at a Twisp-area motel, according to KING-TV. Pfaeffle, 49, had been active in the recording, touring and
