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- ↑ Timeline: Husqvarna
- ↑ Wozny, Nancy. "H-Town's Own Dance Man: Mark Ballas opens up on the naive miracle of Bristol Palin & his John Mayer ways", CultureMap Houston, December 13, 2010. WebCitation archive.
- ↑ See "Weed Eater inventor dies at 85," June 29, 2011, Associated Press, as published by the Lake Charles American Press, at .
- ↑ "Weed Eater is now part of the Husqvarna family". www.husqvarna.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.