Walter Dunfey; Co-Founder of Hotel Chain

Walter Dunfey, 57, co-founder and former director of Dunfey Hotels. Dunfey helped build the hotels into an international corporation, which was later sold and is now known as Omni Hotels. In December, 1987, he and four of his brothers formed the Dunfey Brothers Capital Group, a venture capital and investment company. Dunfey also was involved heavily in Democratic politics, both at the state and national levels. On Sunday in Boston of complications related to an aneurysm.