Banking patriarch Guy de Rothschild dead at 98

[Breeze54]

Banking patriarch Guy de Rothschild dead at 98

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Updated Thu. Jun. 14 2007 7:01 AM ET

Associated Press

PARIS --


Rothschild, who managed his family's French banking empire
and known for his family's renowned wines and his thoroughbred
racehorses, died Tuesday , June 12, 2007,in Paris, his family
said in an announcement in Le Figaro daily on Thursday, June 14.
(AP / Marqueton)

Baron Guy de Rothschild, who managed his family's French banking empire and saw it taken over first during the Nazi occupation and then by a Socialist government 40 years later, has died. He was 98.

Rothschild, also known for his family's renowned wines and his thoroughbred racehorses, died Tuesday in Paris, his family said in an announcement in Le Figaro daily on Thursday. The cause of death was not given.

Guy de Rothschild was born May 21, 1909, in Paris' upscale 8th district, or arrondissement, into the House of Rothschild, whose complex family tree included financiers of European royalty and some of France's most prominent names.

During the Nazi occupation, the collaborationist French government stripped his family of its French nationality -- and its assets -- because they were Jewish. Rothschild fled to the United States and later to London, where he joined Gen. Charles de Gaulle's resistance force.

After the war, Rothschild rebuilt his family's financial empire, and went on to chair de Rothschild Freres bank from 1967 until 1979.

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[annabanana]

1. Didn't someone just post a pic of this guy and W's grandpa?

I could swear I saw it just this morning. . .

[Breeze54]

2. Maybe. Seems plausible.

Both were in banking. One was with the Nazi's... um... er... and it wasn't Rothschild!

[slackmaster]

3. Sunday San Diego U-T dead tree edition has a wonderful print of that photo

Here's a much smaller version:



The Sunday paper had several amusing things in it, including that plus a big color image on the front page of the Sports section showing Padres pitcher Chris Young taking a swing at Derrek Lee of the Chicago Cubs.

The headline on Sports read "Padres Punch Out Cubs".

Another piece buried in the back of the front section bore the title "Romney says he was wrong to support right".

It doesn't get much weirder than that and still be real.