TOLEDO, Ohio — Longtime dealer Denny Amrhein died Dec. 2 in a one-vehicle crash on I-75 in suburban Toledo. He was 73.

He started in the industry at 19 and eventually became owner of two of what are now Stellantis-brand dealerships in metro Toledo — Grogan’s Towne and Charlie’s Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram. Amrhein was featured by Automotive News in 2018 for his used-vehicle strategy to successfully navigate the Great Recession.