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   George Huntington Hartford (September 5, 1833 – August 29, 1917) headed the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) from 1878 to 1917. During this period, A&P created the concept of the chain grocery store and expanded into the country's largest retailer.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Huntington_HartfordHuntington Hartford - Wikipedia

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   George Huntington Hartford II (April 18, 1911 – May 19, 2008) was an American businessman, philanthropist, stage and film producer, and art collector. He was also heir to the A&P supermarket fortune.

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   Jun 12, 2010 · After squandering his vast A&P inheritance, Huntington Hartford turned to drugs, then vanished from sight. Finding the 93-year-old former playboy in Lyford Cay, the author learns about his...

5. www.nytimes.com › 20 › artsHuntington Hartford, A. & P. Heir, Dies at 97 - The New York ...

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   May 20, 2008 · Huntington Hartford, who inherited a fortune from the A. & P. grocery business and lost most of it chasing his dreams as an entrepreneur, arts patron and man of leisure, died Monday at his home...

6. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-2008-may-20-meA&P; heir lost fortune to failed arts endeavors - Los Angeles ...

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   May 20, 2008 · George Huntington Hartford II was born in New York on April 18, 1911, and never used the name George. He was the namesake of his grandfather, a Maine tea merchant who in 1869...

7. www.independent.co.uk › news › obituariesHuntington Hartford: Riches-to-rags grocery heir | The ...

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   George Huntington Hartford, arts patron and property developer: born New York 18 April 1911; married 1931 Mary Lee Epling (marriage dissolved 1939), 1949 Marjorie Steele (one son, and one...

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   What happened to Huntington Hartford?

   • In 1989, Huntington Hartford disappeared after his last interview. At that time, he was lying curled in the fetal position, barely conscious, in the bedroom of his Manhattan town house, which he shared with junkies and dissolute hangers-on.

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   Who was George Huntington Hartford II?

   • George Huntington Hartford II (April 18, 1911 – May 19, 2008) was an American businessman, philanthropist, stage and film producer, and art collector. He was also heir to the A&P supermarket fortune.

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   How did George Huntington Hartford start his business?

   • George Huntington Hartford's business began with a shop on Vesey Street, in Lower Manhattan. The exterior was coated in vermilion paint imported from China, and the cashiers sat in gold pagodas—the first sign of the marketing flair that would make the elder Hartford a legend in American business.

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   How old was Huntington Hartford when he died?

   • "Huntington Hartford, A. & P. Heir, Dies at 97". The New York Times. ^ a b "The Benefactor". Time Magazine. March 2, 1962. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved May 4, 2010. ^ a b Campbell, Rob (November 8, 1995). "L.A. STORIES: Uncovering a History as Wild as the Canyon Itself". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 25, 2021.

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9. www.theage.com.au › world › dreamy-heir-who-lost-aDreamy heir who lost a vast fortune - The Age

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   May 22, 2008 · HUNTINGTON Hartford, who inherited a fortune worth almost $US100 million from the A&P grocery business but lost most of it chasing his dreams as an entrepreneur, arts patron and man of leisure, has died at his home in Lyford Cay in the Bahamas. He was 97.