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John Eleuthère du Pont (November 22, 1938 – December 9, 2010) was an American convicted murderer. Heir to the du Pont family fortune, [1] he was a published ornithologist, philatelist, conchologist, and sports enthusiast. Du Pont died in prison while serving a sentence of thirteen-to-thirty years for the murder of Dave Schultz.
Aug 30, 2023 · Heir to the vast du Pont family fortune, John du Pont murdered Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz at Foxcatcher Farm in Pennsylvania on January 26, 1996.
John du Pont, American philanthropist who supported and ran a training facility for amateur freestyle wrestling and who shot and killed freestyle wrestler Dave Schultz, an Olympic gold medalist, in January 1996. Du Pont was convicted though found to be mentally ill, and he died while in prison.
- Patricia Bauer
Jul 3, 2024 · Who was John du Pont? If you've seen the film Foxcatcher, you have some inkling. The eccentric and violent millionaire achieved infamy when he murdered the Olympic gold medalist wrestler Dave Schultz in 1996. But the question "What did John du Pont do?" merits a more complicated answer than simply "He killed a man."
- Lea Rose Emery
Apr 2, 2014 · Du Pont was found to be mentally ill but guilty of third-degree murder in early 1997 and was sentenced to 13 to 30 years in prison. Despite a series of appeals by his high-powered legal team,...
Nov 17, 2014 · But there is even more to the story of John E. du Pont and the fateful murder, as well as the mental illness that metastasized in him during the 1990s.
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Nov 17, 2014 · On Jan. 26, 1996, John Eluthère du Pont shot and killed Olympic gold wrestler Dave Schultz on du Pont’s Foxcatcher estate in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
