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1996 Muhammad al-Badr, magnate of Northern Yemen (1962), dies
1996 Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, advertising magnate, dies at 89 1995 Orville Reddenbacher, popcorn magnate, drowns in bathtub at 88 1994 Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate, dies at 50 1993 William Randolph Hearst, U.S. newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at 85 1992 Lady Rothermere, Bubbles, wife of British newspaper magnate, dies 1985 Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73 1983 Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam 1982 William Bernbach, advertising magnate, dies at 71 1982 John Hay Whitney, U.S. newspaper magnate, dies at 76 1981 John S Knight, U.S. newspaper magnate, dies at 86 1976 J Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 in London 1976 Jean Paul Getty, U.S. oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 1975 Charles H Revson, U.S. cosmetic magnate, dies at 69 1975 Aristotle S Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, dies at 69 1974 Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91 1972 J Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, industrialist/film magnate 1969 Abigail Folger, U.S., coffee magnate (Folgers), murdered 1966 Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases "The Times" 1962 Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58 1958 Michael Todd, film magnate, killed in an New Mexico air crash 1951 Alfred Hugenberg, German RC president-director of Krupp/media magnate, dies 1950 Leonard van Spirit, Dutch/British fruit and food magnate 1944 Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate 1943 Charles Saatchi, English magnate, Saatchi and Saatchi 1942 Chananjit Vohra, Kenyan/British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire 1941 Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire, Union International 1940 Samuel H Chang, U.S. newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai 1939 Topham Brinton, English carpet magnate/multi-millionaire 1939 Henri W A Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell), dies at 72 1936 David Thompson, British food magnate and multi-millionaire 1935 John B Coleman, Boston, hotel magnate, Ritz Carlton 1935 Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth, Scottish shipping magnate 1934 David Barclay, British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire 1934 Frederick Barclay, British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire 1933 Nurdin Jivraj, Tanzanian/British hotel magnate, Buckingham International 1932 J. P. Getty, US/British oil magnate/billionaire, Getty Oil 1932 Adrian Swire, British aircraft magnate, Cathay Pacific 1930 W Hambleden Smith, English newspaper magnate 1929 John Zochonis, British multi-millionaire soap magnate 1928 Ken Scowcroft, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire 1927 John Swire, British aircraft magnate, Cathay Pacific 1925 Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate, Daily Mail, Evening News 1923 Richard Lumley, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire 1922 Alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies 1912 Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate 1910 Lord Cayzer, British financier/swcheeps magnate/multi-millionaire 1909 Stavros Niachos, born in Greece, shipping magnate, Those Fabulous Greeks 1908 Charles Forte, Italian/British hotel magnate, Savoy 1907 Paul Mellon, U.S., oil magnate/president, Washington National Gallery of Art 1906 Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, advertising magnate 1906 Aristotle Onassis, born in Greece, rich shipping magnate 1904 Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate 1902 Darryl F Zanuck, film magnate/president, 20th Century Fox 1896 John Moores, British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire 1892 J Paul Getty, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, oil magnate, Getty Oil 1888 Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron 1866 Henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate, Royal Oil, Shell 1865 Alfred Hugenberg, German RC president-director of Krupp/media magnate 1850 Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate, Lipton Tea 1810 Phineas T Barnum, circus magnate |
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