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Daniel Leopold Wildenstein (11 September 1917 – 23 October 2001) was a French art dealer, historian and owner-breeder of thoroughbred and standardbred race horses. He was the third member of the family to preside over Wildenstein & Co. , one of the most successful and influential art-dealerships of the 20th century.
This is a list of miscarriage of justice cases.This list includes cases where a convicted individual was later cleared of the crime and either has received an official exoneration, or a consensus exists that the individual was unjustly punished or where a conviction has been quashed and no retrial has taken place, so that the accused is legally assumed innocent.
King Leopold II, whose rule of the Congo Free State was marked by severe atrocities, violence and major population decline.. Even before his accession to the throne of Belgium in 1865, the future king Leopold II began lobbying leading Belgian politicians to create a colonial empire in the Far East or in Africa, which would expand and enhance Belgian prestige. [2]
Socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein, who was known for her extreme plastic surgery and record divorce settlement, has died.. The 84-year-old – who was nicknamed Catwoman, reportedly because she had ...
Jocelyn Wildenstein has died at the age of 84. Dubbed “Catwoman” due to her extreme facial cosmetic procedures in hopes of resembling a cat, the Swiss socialite passed away on Tuesday ...
Jocelyn was also known for her marriage to billionaire art dealer Alec Wildenstein. The two wed in 1978 and divorced in 1999. The two wed in 1978 and divorced in 1999. Their split and legal battle ...
Albert Henry Loeb (February 18, 1868 – October 27, 1924) was a Chicago attorney and the former vice president and treasurer of Sears, Roebuck and Co. Loeb was the brother of Jacob Loeb, the former president of the Chicago Board of Education and was also the father of convicted murderer Richard Albert Loeb of the infamous Leopold and Loeb.
Jocelyn Wildenstein's longtime partner, Lloyd Klein, is sharing a few intimate memories of her final hours.. In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE following her Tuesday, Dec. 31, death at the ...