# 'Clarence M. Ditlow III, Auto Safety Crusader, Dies at 72' **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 11, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarence-m-ditlow-iii-auto-safety-crusader-dies-at-72/96448 "2016-11-11T20:20:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarence-m-ditlow-iii-auto-safety-crusader-dies-at-72/96448/1 "2016-11-11T20:20:06Z")
> **[Clarence M. Ditlow III, Auto Safety Crusader, Dies at 72](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/business/clarence-ditlow-died.html)** > > As head of the Center for Auto Safety, Mr. Ditlow exposed hundreds of automotive defects and was instrumental in forcing the recall of millions of vehicles. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarence-m-ditlow-iii-auto-safety-crusader-dies-at-72/96448/2 "2016-11-11T22:23:32Z")
Didn’t know the guy but Leonard Cohen, another notable, died last night. We are seeing the turn-over to the next generation for better or worse. I don’t think Leonard used the F or N word once in his lyrics although he was hard to understand. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarence-m-ditlow-iii-auto-safety-crusader-dies-at-72/96448/3 "2016-11-12T00:21:36Z")
Thanks for the article. Mr Ditlow was quite a man, and as the article says, he did quite a lot for us.