Interesting Look at the Heinz Family

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October 27, 2004

Family Has Seen Share of Turmoil

Along with power and wealth, the clan Teresa Heinz Kerry first married into has lived through tragedy and estrangement

By Ralph Vartabedian, Times Staff Writer

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The Heinz family history is told all over this riverfront city — at a stylish museum named for Teresa's late husband, Sen. H.J. "John" Heinz III, and in archives at Carnegie Mellon University. The name is stamped on parks, schools and a magnificent limestone chapel at the University of Pittsburgh.

>>>>Heinzes pioneered the industrialization of the U.S. food supply, pushed government reforms to improve food safety and advocated for military intervention to stop the Armenian genocide.

Heinz Kerry is the family's largest philanthropist, but other Heinzes have opened their wallets for public causes from Orange County to New York. Family money has funded hospitals, assisted the poor and educated scientists and artists.

>>>>Along the way, there were odd encounters with the rich and powerful. Rock star David Bowie wrote the song "Young Americans" for his good friend in the celebrity circuit, the late Sharon Heinz Tingle. Sarah Heinz Waller, whose husband was a maverick Chicago alderman in the 1920s, was personally threatened by mobster Al Capone, friends and family say.

Article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/la-na-teresa27oct27,0,946337.story?coll=la-home-headlines

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1. Nothing I learn makes me dislike or disrespect her. I like her spunk to

say it like it is.

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2. Yep me too

The more I read about her and see her the more I like her.

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3. The backgrounds on both John and Teresa continue to impress

There doesn't exist a couple more suited to the tasks ahead.