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Anne Valliant Burnett Tandy (née Burnett, formerly Waggoner, formerly Hall, formerly Windfohr; October 15, 1900 – January 1, 1980) was an American heiress, rancher, horse breeder, philanthropist and art collector from Fort Worth, Texas.
Anne Valliant Burnett Hall was born and grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. [2] [3] Her father, James Goodwin Hall, was a stockbroker. [4] [5] Her mother, Anne, was a rancher, horsebreeder, businesswoman and philanthropist. [3] [4] [5] After her parents' divorce, she was adopted by her mother's third husband, Robert Windfohr, and took his name. [5]
Anne Valliant Burnett Tandy m. 1969 Charles David Tandy (15 May 1918 – 4 November 1978) was the chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer of the Tandy Corporation . [ 1 ]
After Burnett's death in 1920, the ranch was inherited by his granddaughter, Anne Valliant Burnett Tandy. [7] She purchased Grey Badger II and Hollywood Gold, two show horses which lived on the ranch. [4] By 1936, there were 20,000 Hereford cattle on the ranch. [4]
With the 2025 Academy Awards airing Sunday, March 2 (ABC and Hulu, 7 p.m. ET/4 PT), we look back at the biggest Oscar snubs of all time.
In February 1949, Robert F. Windfohr and his wife Anne Valliant Burnett Tandy asked architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design a luxury home for them on the prairie of Fort Worth, Texas. Calling it "Crownfield", Wright designed it in a short period of time, and the Windfohr's discussed modifications, but the project never went anywhere. [4]:
n November 1954, 29-year-old Sammy Davis Jr. was driving to Hollywood when a car crash left his eye mangled beyond repair. Doubting his potential as a one-eyed entertainer, the burgeoning performer sought a solution at the same venerable institution where other misfortunate starlets had gone to fill their vacant sockets: Mager & Gougelman, a family-owned business in New York City that has ...
Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023. While it is fatal to a variety of animals ...