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popular name: Oliver Winchester

date_of_death: December 10, 1880

age: 70

cause_of_death: Long term illness

claim_to_fame: Business and Finance

best_know_for: Oliver Fisher Winchester was an American businessman and politician, best known as the founder of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in New Haven, Connecticut. Interesting to note that repeating rifles were used to some extent in the American Civil War. However, the United States Army at that time did not use many repeating rifles as they were expensive and too advanced for the outdated tactics used in the war. Repeating rifles were not widely used until after the war when they became increasingly popular with civilians. Military authorities concentrated primarily on perfecting breech-loading single shot rifles for many more years. With thousands of rifles in the hands of the average pioneer, the Winchester repeating rifles gained a reputation as "The Gun that Won the West". Oliver Winchester was also active in politics, serving as a New Haven City Commissioner, Republican Presidential elector in 1864, and as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1866 to 1867.

popular name: Hugh Hefner

date_of_death: September 27, 2017

age: 91

cause_of_death: Sepsis and cardiac arrest caused by an E. coli infection

claim_to_fame: Business and Finance

best_know_for: Hugh Hefner transformed the adult entertainment industry with his groundbreaking publication Playboy. From the first issue featuring Marilyn Monroe in December 1953, Playboy expanded into a multimillion-dollar enterprise mirroring the often controversial, if not outright sleazy, sensibilities of its founder. By the early 1960s, it was a huge success, soon expanding to open its namesake clubs all over the world. It also moved into TV with Playboy After Dark. By the 1970s, Hefner set himself up at the Playboy Mansion West in California, remaining editor-in-chief of the magazine he founded while daughter Christie ran the day to day operations. Once worth in excess of $200 million, upon his death the Playboy empire was worth $55 million while the magazine folded in 2020.

popular name: Eliza Jumel

date_of_death: July 16, 1865

age: 90

cause_of_death: Natural causes from dementia

claim_to_fame: Business and Finance

best_know_for: Eliza Jumel was one of the most remarkable rags-to-riches story in early American history. Born Elizabeth Bowen in poverty in Providence, she endured a difficult childhood marked by financial hardship and periods in workhouses. As a young woman she moved to New York City, where she worked in the theater and later married the wealthy merchant Stephen Jumel in 1804. Through this marriage she gained wealth and social status, but she also demonstrated considerable business skill, helping manage and protect the couple’s investments. The Jumels lived in what is now known as the Morris–Jumel Mansion, and Eliza became known for her art collection, extensive travels in Europe, and ambition to rise within elite society. After Stephen Jumel’s death in 1832, she married former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr, but the marriage quickly deteriorated and ended in divorce. Despite controversies surrounding her life, Eliza remained one of the wealthiest women in New York, managing her own affairs and property with unusual independence for her era. She died in 1865 at the age of 90 in her beloved home very near the cemetery where she rests.