1. John Werner Kluge was a German-American entrepreneur who became a television industry mogul in the United States.
12 Facts About John Kluge
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John Kluge's major move into media was by purchasing stock in the Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation in the mid-1950s.
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In 1986, John Kluge sold the Metromedia television stations to 20th Century Fox, for a reported US$4 billion.
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In retaliation for a lawsuit brought by Paul Winchell, who sought the rights to his children's television program, "Winchell-Mahoney Time", Metromedia management, under orders from John Kluge, destroyed the video tapes.
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John Kluge's donations help many of these students pursue PhDs after they graduate by financing their doctoral studies.
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In 2001, John Kluge donated his 7,378-acre estate in Albemarle County, Virginia to the University of Virginia.
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John Kluge was a collector of contemporary Indigenous Australian art, and owned works by prominent artists including Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri.
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In 1983, John Kluge received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.
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Patricia John Kluge kept their Albemarle estate in the 1990 divorce settlement converting it into an award-winning vineyard and winery which opened in 1999.
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John Kluge took out $65 million in loans and mortgaged the mansion to finance production expansion and a related real-estate venture, but defaulted and declared bankruptcy in 2011.
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John Kluge had three step children who remained a part of his life until his death: Diane, Jeannette Brophy and Peter Lockwood Townsend.
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John Kluge had homes in New Rochelle, New York, Virginia and Palm Beach, Florida with his fourth wife, Maria Tussi Kluge, at the time of his death in 2010.