John Eleuthère du Pont (November 22, 1938 – December 9, 2010) was a convicted murderer and former philanthropist. Birds of Ticao", "Notes on Philippine Birds (No. John du Pont Biography, Life, Interesting Facts. Du Pont developed the 440-acre (1.8 km2) Liseter Hall Farm in Newtown Square as a high-quality wrestling facility for amateur wrestlers. [1][34] He was buried in his red Foxcatcher wrestling singlet, in accordance with his will, at the Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery in Wilmington, Delaware.[35]. [39] The mansion stood on a 400-acre (1.6 km2) portion of the property that is now being developed by Toll Brothers into a "master planned community of 449 luxury homes" called "Liseter Estate. Son histoire est adaptée au cinéma dans le film Foxcatcher en 2014 et son rôle est interprété par Steve Carell. He also helped fund a new basketball arena at Villanova University, which opened in 1986. During the 1920s and 1930s, the couple acquired more land and developed Liseter Hall Farm for Thoroughbred breeding, showing, and racing. An Expedition Report", "Birds of Dinagat and Siargao, Philippines", "John E. du Pont, Heir Who Killed an Olympian, Dies at 72", "Last hurrah for historic Liseter Hall Farm", "The Prince Of Newtown Square John Du Pont Had Millions But Lacked The Thing He Really Wanted: Expertise. C'était un passionné de lutte américaine passionné par la lutte amateur. Il est le cadet des quatre enfants de William du Pont, Jr. et Jean Liseter Austin (1897–1988). Fuente: Vértigo Films. John du Pont : entre sport et paranoïa du dimanche 08 janvier 2017 - Documentaire 2015 La société se développe rapidement et, au milieu du XIXe siècle, devient le plus gros fournisseur de poudre de l'armée américaine, en fournissant la moitié de sa poudre pendant la guerre civile américaine. John du Pont, in full John Eleuthère du Pont, (born November 22, 1938, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died December 9, 2010, Somerset, Pennsylvania), American philanthropist who supported amateur freestyle wrestling and who on January 26, 1996, shot and killed freestyle wrestler Dave Schultz, an Olympic gold medalist who lived and trained at du Pont’s estate. As these weird John du Pont stories show, his bizarre behavior began long before the murder. A 123-acre (0.50 km2) segment is now occupied by the campus of the Episcopal Academy, a private independent K–12 school founded in 1785, which moved there in 2008 from split campuses located in the nearby Philadelphia Main Line communities of Merion and Devon. John Eleuthère du Pont est né le 22 novembre 1938 à Philadelphie, en Pennsylvanie, de William Jr. et de Jean Liseter Austin du Pont. See full bio ». As an ornithologist, du Pont is credited with the discovery of two dozen species of birds. He also allowed some people, such as Olympic champion wrestlers Mark Schultz and later his older brother Dave Schultz and his wife, to live in houses on the grounds for years. The Delaware Museum of Natural History, which du Pont formerly headed and which held the dairy farm in trust, sold that portion in January 1998 after his conviction and sentencing to prison. He was also involved in promoting a subset of the modern pentathlon (run, swim, shoot) as a separate event. After his arrest, du Pont sold off the dairy herd, nearly 70 Guernseys, in the fall of 1996. At the age of 45, on September 3, 1983, du Pont married 29 … Le récit de la relation étrange et tragique entre les champions olympiques de lutte Mark et Dave Schultz et le milliardaire John du Pont, qui a inspiré le film «Foxcatcher» de Bennett Miller "[2] Newtown Township supervisor John S. Custer Jr. said, "At the time of the murder, John didn't know what he was doing. Vous pouvez partager vos connaissances en l’améliorant (comment ?) Du Pont became a sponsor in wrestling, swimming, track, and the modern pentathlon. He was always a little off. [44], American heir to the Du Pont family fortune, ornothologist, conchologist, murderer.