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Lance Graf von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow, [1] (February 24, 1936 – July 24, 1972) was a British-born American entrepreneur, racing driver and heir to the Woolworth fortune. Reventlow was the only child of heiress Barbara Hutton and her second husband, Count Kurt Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow. His stepfathers included actor Cary Grant and ...
The death of her only son Lance Reventlow in a plane crash in 1972 sent Hutton into a state of despair. By this time, her fortune had diminished, due to her extreme generosity, including donating Winfield House to the United States government as a residence for its UK ambassador. [ 38 ]
At an event in 1971, Holdridge refused to be addressed as Mrs. Lance Reventlow and stated "Lance and I are the best of friends. We just don't live together." [18] Reventlow died in 1972, in the crash of a small plane in which he was a passenger in Aspen, Colorado. The bulk of Reventlow's estate went to Holdridge, which was estimated around $50 ...
Winfield House was damaged during World War II. In 1939, with Europe on the brink of World War II and Barbara and Kurt having recently divorced, Barbara and her son, Lance Reventlow, move to ...
Lance Reventlow (March 24, 1960 – October 30, 1963; divorced) Reventlow was the son of Barbara Hutton, heir to the F. W. Woolworth fortune. St. John received a settlement of $86,000. [40] Despite their divorce and subsequent remarriages, she refers to Reventlow as "my late husband" in interviews. [41]
Died: Lance Reventlow, 36, American millionaire playboy, heir to the Woolworth department store fortune, and race car driver, was killed in the crash of his small Cessna 206 airplane during a severe thunderstorm near Aspen, Colorado, along with three other people.
Updated August 28, 2020 at 1:19 PM. A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports ...
He was a team driver along with Chuck Daigh for the Scarab race cars built by his good friend Lance Reventlow in the late 1950s. Kessler entered one World Championship Formula One Grand Prix (Monaco 1958) with a Connaught owned by Bernie Ecclestone, but failed to qualify, although he posted the 21st-fastest time of the 28 entrants. [citation ...