drol 11,954 Posted February 4, 2019 19 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Millard Fuller, 74, a self-made millionaire who gave away his wealth to start the Christian house-building group Habitat for Humanity and who later started a similar organization after he was fired over disputes with the Habitat board, died Feb. 3 en route to a hospital in Albany, Georgia. An autopsy is being performed to determine the cause of death. Habitat for Humanity, founded in 1976 and based in Americus, Georgia, built more than 175,000 houses in 100 countries under Fuller’s leadership and attracted prominent volunteers, including former President Jimmy Carter. The Fuller Center for Housing, founded in 2005, raises money for Habitat affiliates. SC Yes, 3 February 2009. Check your dates, SC. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 4, 2019 3 hours ago, drol said: Yes, 3 February 2009. Check your dates, SC. explains why it says he was 74 when he was 84 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 10, 2019 Jack Hough, a Florida-based philanthropist who headed up MSE Branded Foods for 23 years, was president of the Wall Street Club, a member of Rotary Club of Gainesville and a founding director of the Chattachoochee Bank of Georgia, has died. He was 73. Hough was the shooting victim of what's believed to have been an attempted robbery or carjacking. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6684893/Philanthropist-fatally-shot-car-outside-CVS-waited-wife-inside.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 15, 2019 Lester Smith, Houston oilman and well-known philanthropist, died Thursday. He was 76. Lester, who was born in Wharton (TX) on Aug. 16, 1942, died peacefully in his sleep. Smith was a two-time cancer survivor, having battled prostate and bladder cancers, and a double-lung transplant recipient. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Smith Energy Company and was also a partner of SG Interests, an oil and natural gas exploration and production business. Together with wife Sue Smith, the couple has given more than $150 million to various local organizations, both through their eponymous foundation and personal donations.The Smiths have given transformational gifts (of $1 million or greater) to Baylor College of Medicine, Harris County Hospital District Health Clinic, Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, Holocaust Museum Houston, Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services, Texas Children's Hospital, March of Dimes and Stages Repertory Theatre. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 1, 2020 Richard Ivey, a Canadian philanthropist and co-founder with his father of the Ivey Foundation, which has made charitable grants of $100 million since its inception in 1947, has died. He was 94. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/richard-macaulay-ivey-dies-at-94-1.5411382 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted January 4, 2020 https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20191218/sarasota-philanthropist-charles-barancik-killed-in-longboat-key-crash American philanthropists Charles (91) and Margery Barancik (83) died in a car crash in December in Sarasota Florida. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 13, 2020 Anne Marion, a Texas oil & ranching heiress whose philanthropic work included founding the Georgia O'Keeffe museum, has died. She was 81. https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/02/12/founder-georgia-okeeffe-museum-anne-marion-passes-away/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted February 15, 2020 Clayton Williams jnr 54, a legendary Texan Oilman and philanthropist has passed away aged 88. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 15, 2020 6 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Clayton Williams jnr 54, a legendary Texan Oilman and philanthropist has passed away aged 88. According to the obit his friends called him ‘Claytie’. A grown ass man answering to Claytie - that’s all about wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 21, 2020 Merry Norris, a key founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and a patron of Los Angeles arts, has died. She was 80. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-03-19/obit-merry-norris-moca-founder-los-angeles-arts-patron-dead-at-80 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,423 Posted August 6, 2020 Doris Buffett, a philanthropist known as "the retail philanthropist" has died aged 92. She was suffering from Alzheimer's since 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/business/doris-buffett-the-familys-retail-philanthropist-dies-at-92.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kanderson123 0 Posted August 7, 2020 Philanthropists must survive https://matzav.com/how-does-science-take-care-of-a-healthy-relationship/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 4, 2020 Dave Smith, a prolific Ottawa philanthropist and businessman who raised over $140 million for local, national and international charities, has died. He was 87. Smith was a recipient of both the Order of Ontario and Order of Canada. He had an Ottawa street named after him on his 80th birthday. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/dave-smith-dies-youth-treatment-centre-nates-deli-founder-1.5712647 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 7, 2020 Marguerite Littman, a socialite and founder of the AIDS Crisis Charity, has died. She was 90. Littman met a number of celebrities, including writer Truman Capote, who is said to have based the Holly Golightly character in Breakfast at Tiffany's after Littman. She was also befriended by Princess Diana, as the two met through fundraising efforts. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8896621/Socialite-Marguerite-Littman-dies-aged-90.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted January 24, 2021 Frank Shankwitz, founder of the Make-a-wish foundation for children, has died at 78: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.abc10.com/amp/article/news/local/frank-shankwitz-founder-of-make-a-wish-and-former-arizona-dps-trooper-has-died/75-dcdc9d99-6629-4425-8077-76edbd5eaa41 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,649 Posted January 24, 2021 54 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Frank Shankwitz, founder of the Make-a-wish foundation for children, has died at 78: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.abc10.com/amp/article/news/local/frank-shankwitz-founder-of-make-a-wish-and-former-arizona-dps-trooper-has-died/75-dcdc9d99-6629-4425-8077-76edbd5eaa41 Link doesn't work. Story pulled or region specific? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted January 25, 2021 9 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Link doesn't work. Story pulled or region specific? Well, it's an "amp" link, which works for me, sometimes, to circumvent the regional blocking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 11, 2021 Richard Driehaus, the founder of Chicago’s Driehaus Capital Management and namesake of the Driehaus Museum and DePaul University’s Business School, died Tuesday, according to Driehaus Private Equity. He was 78. Among his numerous charitable contributions, Driehaus was especially committed to the preservation of historical architecture. The Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of Notre Dame was established in 2003 to recognize living architects with significant contributions in the field of traditional and classical architecture. The German architect Sebastian Treese was announced last month as the 2021 recipient of the $200,000 annual prize. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted April 1, 2021 https://www.statesman.com/story/obituaries/2021/03/22/teresa-lozano-long-has-died-texas-philanthropist-educator-leader/4799635001/ Teresa Lozano Long , one of the biggest philanthropists in Texas and who was presented a humanities medal by former US President Donald Trump , has died aged 92. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 22, 2021 Longtime New Jersey entrepreneur and philanthropist Steve Kalafer has died. Kalafer raised millions for hospitals, including Somerset Medical Center. He made his money in the car dealership business and was owner of the Somerset Patriots. Kalafer succumbed to cancer at age 71 SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,614 Posted May 12, 2021 In a strange coincidence, as its his widows birthday today, the obituary of Sir Eddie Kulukundis appears in The Guardian's Other Lives section, published yesterday. A further coincidence is that he produced plays by Tom Stoppard, ex-husband of Miriam, who shares a birthday with Susan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 26, 2021 Walter Scott, a philanthropic billionaire and a past top executive of Peter Kiewit Sons Inc. construction firm, who helped oversee Warren Buffett's conglomerate, has died. He was 90. The Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation that Scott founded said Scott died Saturday. He'd served as a board member of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate from 1988 until his death. Scott donated to various causes, particularly construction projects around Omaha. https://www.npr.org/2021/09/25/1040728667/philanthropic-billionaire-walter-scott-dies-at-90?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20210925 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 2, 2022 Delfina Entrecanales, the celebrated Spanish-born, London-based arts patron who founded first the Delfina Studio Trust in 1988 and later the Delfina Foundation in 2007, has died at 94. Entrecanales’s foundations together supported nearly a thousand artists, many of whom went on to find great success, and more than a dozen of whom were either nominated for or awarded the Turner Prize. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,053 Posted June 23, 2022 Parliamentary website has Sally Greengross, Baroness Greengross as having died aged 86: https://members.parliament.uk/member/2518/career Former DG of Age Concern England. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted August 23, 2022 One-off search for the phrase "Lois Pope" turned up nowt so I'll mention her (b. 7 June 1933). Some of her vast fortune has clearly gone on maintaining her looks by way of having some work done. The fortune she's generously sharing was largely earned by Generoso Pope Jr. her second husband who didn't see his 62nd birthday. He left the CIA to build a publishing empire boasting The National Enquirer and Weekly World News. Generoso's alleged links still trouble conspiracy theorists with one side seeing him as succeeding partly due to mob links whilst Christopher Mellon (ex-intelligence turned UFO truth seeker) is amongst those claiming the gory tabloids had an official function leaking nuggets of amazing truth into their surreal stories suggesting space aliens were alive and well on this planet. Oh aye, we were talking about his widow, who'll likely give generously of points in those dead pools that count the low hanging fruit and accept US obits. This'll be her site: https://www.life-edu.org/about/lois-pope/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites