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CYCLE NEWS CO-FOUNDER PASSES
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haron Clayton, who with her husband, Chuck,
founded Cycle News in 1965, died on Sun-
day, March 31. This was confirmed by her son
Brian. She was 80.
Sharon was publisher for Cycle News for nearly
30 years. In 1989, Sharon and Chuck formed the
Clayton Memorial Foundation, a non-profit charity
established to raise funds to assist injured racers.
Sharon Potter was born in January of 1935 in
Nevada. Her family moved to Los Angeles when
she was 16. Sharon and Chuck met in the parking
lot of a drive-in restaurant in the summer of 1953
and the couple was married just three months
later.
"Chuck had a group of riding buddies," Sha-
ron remembers. "And they would come over and
Cycle News co-
founder Sharon
Clayton, pictured
here with Al
Baker in 1975,
passed away at
the age of 80.
