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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.
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.
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Incarné par Steve Carell, tout en prothèse nasale et grand short qui baille, la vie de John Eleuthère du Pont, bizarre héritier richissime improvisé coach sportif en dit long sur la noirceur ...
Aug 30, 2023 · He ran one of the premier wrestling training camps in the world – a camp that, under the leadership of Olympic gold medalist Dave Schultz, churned out champion after champion. But John du Pont threw this all away with the pull of a trigger – and no one has ever quite understood why.
Nov 2, 2021 · Unfortunately for Dave Schultz — a wrestler that had won a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics and harbored aspirations of making a triumphant return in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta — du Pont's descent into madness turned fatal.
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,...
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Nov 13, 2014 · In Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher (out this Friday), Steve Carell turns in a haunted and harrowing performance as John E. du Pont, the millionaire heir to the du Pont fortune and amateur...
