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Elliot Gant, left, and his brother, Martin, outside the Gant shirt factory in New Haven in the 1960s.
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Elliot Gant
Died on March 12, 2016 at age 89
As a founder of the Gant clothing company, Mr. Gant popularized the button-down shirt as a de rigueur garment for Ivy League and Madison Avenue men.
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