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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_MaxwellRobert Maxwell - Wikipedia

    Ian Robert Maxwell MC (born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch; 10 June 1923 – 5 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak-born British media proprietor, politician and fraudster. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After escaping the Nazi occupation of his native country, Maxwell joined the Czechoslovak Army in exile during World War II and was decorated after active service ...

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    Apr 5, 2022 · Who was Robert Maxwell? Robert Maxwell (born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch) was a British media mogul and former MP, whose fraudulent business activity only became public after his...

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    Sep 17, 2024 · Robert Maxwell (born June 10, 1923, Slatina-Selo, Czechoslovakia—died November 5, 1991, at sea off the Canary Islands) was a Czechoslovak-born British publisher who built an international communications empire. His financial risks led him into grand fraud and an apparent suicide.

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  6. www.abc.net.au › news › 2022/06/29Robert Maxwell's strange and tragic death may have set his ...

    Jun 28, 2022 · Media magnate Robert Maxwell's mysterious death set off a chain of events that culminated in the collapse of his newspaper empire and the bankruptcy of his children.

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    Feb 2, 2021 · John Preston’s timely book revisits the extraordinary fate and fortunes of a larger-than-life media mogul. Robert Maxwell at a charity event in 1990, 18 months before his mysterious death at...

  8. www.penguin.co.uk › articles › 2021Was Robert Maxwell really the ‘crook of the century’?

    Feb 3, 2021 · On 5 November, 1991, newspapers around the world reported the mysterious death of Robert Maxwell, the Czechoslovakian war orphan turned British billionaire and media baron, who died suddenly while travelling the ocean on his yacht.

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    Robert Maxwell was born Jan Ludvik Hoch in Slatinske Doly in the Carpathian mountains, an area of extreme poverty, in Czechslovakia on 10 June, 1923. His orthodox Jewish parents were victims...