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Billionaire John Paul Getty Dies at 70
Reuters (Yahoo) ^
| 4/17/03
Posted on 04/17/2003 7:31:15 AM PDT by The_Victor
LONDON (Reuters) - Billionaire U.S. philanthropist John Paul Getty II died at a London hospital on Thursday at the age of 70, his doctor said in a statement.
Getty, who developed a love of Britain bordering on the fanatical, lived in the country for nearly 30 years and even built a replica of London's Oval cricket ground at his 2,500-acre Wormsley Lodge estate in southern England.
He was admitted to the London Clinic on Monday with a recurrent chest infection, Dr John Goldstone said.
"Sadly Sir Paul Getty passed away at 1040 a.m. today, Thursday..," he added in the statement.
Getty's multi-million pound donations to the Conservative Party, the National Gallery, Lords Cricket Ground and the British Film Institute came from his own pocket and revealed his abiding passion for cricket and the arts.
Getty lived a life that was the stuff of legend, moving from oil tycoon to drug addict and ultimately reclusive benefactor.
He became a Knight of the British Empire (KBE) in 1986 and adopted British nationality in 1998.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: johnpaulgetty; obituary
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To: The_Victor
Getty lived a life that was the stuff of legend, moving from oil tycoon to drug addict and ultimately reclusive benefactor. Reminds me of Howard Hughes.
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posted on
04/17/2003 7:32:56 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(The Dems are self-destructing before our eyes, How Great is That !)
To: The_Victor
Too much money softens the brain.
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posted on
04/17/2003 7:34:52 AM PDT
by
cynicom
To: The_Victor
Back to square one is he?
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posted on
04/17/2003 7:36:27 AM PDT
by
gulfcoast6
(Yesterday is gone, today is here, live it, enjoy it.)
To: cynicom; 1Old Pro
Note this however, "Getty's multi-million pound donations to the Conservative Party..."
To: The_Victor
Yep, I did. His old man kept a pay phone in his home for guests to use.
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posted on
04/17/2003 7:38:15 AM PDT
by
cynicom
To: The_Victor
recurrent chest infectionSARS?
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posted on
04/17/2003 7:39:51 AM PDT
by
Cacique
To: The_Victor
What is a "recurrant chest infection"?
sw
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posted on
04/17/2003 7:41:19 AM PDT
by
spectre
(Spectre's wife)
To: The_Victor
That jumped out at me too.
To: The_Victor
Standby for the parade of "lost relatives" looking to put a bit on the estate.
To: The_Victor
Standby for the parade of "lost relatives" looking to put a bite on the estate.
To: Constitution Day
TB ?
To: The_Victor
He looks like a nice person to me
![](http://a.abcnews.com/images/autowirestory/AP/NY114041710.jpeg)
Sir J. Paul Getty Jr., shown with his wife Lady Victoria after he was knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at London's Buckingham Palace, in this March 10 1998, file photo, died Thursday, April 17, 2003, in a hospital where he was being treated for a chest infection, a doctor said. Getty, 70, had been admitted to the London Clinic Monday for treatment of a recurrent infection but died this morning, Dr. John Goldstone said. (AP Photo/John Stillwell/WPA/pool, File)
To: The_Victor
Oh! Uncle John died? I wonder what he's left me!! (smile)
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posted on
04/17/2003 8:01:08 AM PDT
by
mlmr
To: spectre
pnemonia
Used to be called "Old Man's Friend." for it killed the elderly who were lingering.
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posted on
04/17/2003 8:02:13 AM PDT
by
mlmr
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: The_Victor
Note this however, "Getty's multi-million pound donations to the Conservative Party..."Makes sense. Hughes built the Glomar Explorer to reaise a Soviet Sub in cooperation with "Conservatives" in our country.
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posted on
04/17/2003 8:03:16 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(The Dems are self-destructing before our eyes, How Great is That !)
To: The_Victor
Isn't Estelle Getty in line for some of the riches? After her role as Sophia in "The Golden Girls" ended, I hear she's been living hand to mouth (hee-hee!).
To: 1Old Pro
NOTE that this is the son, not the father (1892-1976); it was the latter who started the family fortune in the 1920's by speculating on oil leases.
To: mlmr
Thanks. Geeze, all that money and they couldn't save him.
Severe pneumonia is a sign of SARS...but I'm not gonna go tin-foil..:~)
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posted on
04/17/2003 8:12:45 AM PDT
by
spectre
(Spectre's wife)
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