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   George Huntington Hartford (September 5, 1833 – August 29, 1917) headed the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) from 1878 to 1917. During this period, A&P created the concept of the chain grocery store and expanded into the country's largest retailer.

   • Spouse: Marie Josephine Ludlum
   • Known for: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company

   • Born: September 5, 1833, Augusta, Maine
   • Resting place: Rosedale Cemetery

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   George Huntington Hartford II (April 18, 1911 – May 19, 2008) was an American businessman, philanthropist, stage and film producer, and art collector. He was also heir to the A&P supermarket fortune. After his father's death in 1922, Hartford became one of the heirs to the estate left by his grandfather and namesake, George Huntington Hartford.

   • Children: 4
   • Education: St. Paul's School

   • Resting place: Lakeview Memorial Gardens & Mausoleums
   • Parents: Edward V. Hartford, Henrietta Guerard Pollitzer

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   What happened to Huntington Hartford?

   • In 1989, Huntington Hartford gave his last interview. Strung out on drugs, he lay curled in the fetal position, barely conscious, in the bedroom of the Manhattan town house he shared with the junkies and dissolute hangers-on who were the only companions he had left. And then he disappeared.

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   Who was George Huntington Hartford II?

   • George Huntington Hartford II (April 18, 1911 – May 19, 2008) was an American businessman, philanthropist, stage and film producer, and art collector. He was also heir to the A&P supermarket fortune.

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   Where did Huntington Hartford live?

   • In those days, Huntington Hartford was one of the richest men in America. The heir to the vast A&P fortune, he had homes then in Cap d’Antibes, Palm Beach, and London, as well as a 240-acre estate in Los Angeles and a 13-room duplex on Beekman Place in Manhattan.

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   How did George Huntington Hartford start his business?

   • Serious and frugal, the first George Huntington Hartford started his business with a shop on Vesey Street, in Lower Manhattan. Its exterior was coated in vermilion paint imported from China, and the cashiers sat in gold pagodas—the first sign of the marketing flair that would make the elder Hartford a legend in American business.

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   Jun 12, 2010 · Hostage to Fortune. After squandering his vast A&P inheritance, Huntington Hartford turned to drugs, then vanished from sight. Finding the 93-year-old former playboy in Lyford Cay, the author...

5. www.nytimes.com › 20 › artsHuntington Hartford, A. & P. Heir, Dies at 97 - The New York ...

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   May 20, 2008 · Huntington Hartford, who inherited a fortune from the A. & P. grocery business and lost most of it chasing his dreams as an entrepreneur, arts patron and man of leisure, died Monday at his home...

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7. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-2008-may-20-meA&P; heir lost fortune to failed arts endeavors - Los Angeles ...

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   May 20, 2008 · May 20, 2008 12 AM PT. The Washington Post. Huntington hartford ii, heir to the A&P; supermarket fortune whose quest to be taken seriously as a patron of the arts led him to bankroll a series...

8. www.encyclopedia.com › arts › educational-magazinesHartford, Huntington 1911–2008 | Encyclopedia.com

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   (George Huntington Hartford, II) OBITUARY NOTICE— See index for CA sketch: Born April 18, 1911, in New York, NY; died May 19, 2008, in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. Philanthropist, financier, and author. Hartford was born into a life of wealth and privilege, and he intended to use his substantial inheritance to make his mark on the world.

9. www.infoplease.com › george-huntington-hartfordGeorge Huntington Hartford Biography | Infoplease

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   George Huntington Hartford Biography. retailer. Born: 1833. Birthplace: Augusta, Maine. Hartford worked in stores in Boston and St. Louis before heading to New York City, where he and George F. Gilman opened the first of their stores known as the Great American Tea Company.