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In this Oct. 10, 2010, file photo, Richard DeVos, Orlando Magic owner and Amway Inc. co-founder, smiles after welcoming fans to the new Amway Center before a preseason NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Hornets in Orlando, Fla. DeVos, the billionaire father-in-law of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. He was 92. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Former president, family speak at Amway co-founder’s funeral

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In this Oct. 10, 2010, file photo, Richard DeVos, Orlando Magic owner and Amway Inc. co-founder, smiles after welcoming fans to the new Amway Center before a preseason NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Hornets in Orlando, Fla. DeVos, the billionaire father-in-law of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. He was 92. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Services set for Amway founder and Magic owner Richard DeVos

Associated Press

In this Oct. 10, 2010, file photo, Richard DeVos, Orlando Magic owner and Amway Inc. co-founder, smiles after welcoming fans to the new Amway Center before a preseason NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Hornets in Orlando, Fla. DeVos, the billionaire father-in-law of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. He was 92. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Richard DeVos, Amway founder and Orlando Magic owner, dies at age 92

By Corey Williams - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 29, 2016, file photo, Orlando Magic owner Richard DeVos, center, is inducted into the Orlando Magic Hall of Fame, as his son Dick DeVos, right, applauds before an NBA basketball game in Orlando, Fla. Presenting DeVos with a memento is Orlando Magic CEO Alex Martins, left. Billionaire Richard DeVos, co-founder of direct-selling giant Amway, owner of the Magic and father-in-law of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. He was 92. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

The Latest: Amway founder Richard DeVos dies at age 92

Associated Press

Orlando Magic owner Richard Devos has financially supported traditional-marriage amendments and been critical of homosexuality. On social media and in multiple CNN and PBS segments this week, journalists and others have wondered, with varying levels of approval, whether the precedent set by the NBA's punishment of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling means Mr. Devos should be retaliated against, too. (Associated Press)

Clippers furor leads to focus on new owners to target

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times