1. Matthew Taylor Mellon II was an American businessman who was a chairman of the New York Republican State Committee's finance committee.
11 Facts About Matthew Mellon
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Matthew Mellon attended The Phelps School, a boys' boarding school in Malvern, Pennsylvania, followed by college at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied management.
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Matthew Mellon's father abandoned the family when he was five years old, before dying by suicide in 1983.
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On his maternal side, Matthew Mellon was a direct descendant of Anthony Joseph Drexel, a banker whose investment firm was a precursor to Drexel Burnham Lambert.
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Matthew Mellon maintained associations with Drexel University and Carnegie Matthew Mellon University, both of which were founded by family members.
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Matthew Mellon was involved with the National Gallery of Art, the core of whose collection was donated to the nation by his great-uncle, Andrew Mellon.
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Matthew Mellon was named Finance Chairman by State Chairman Ed Cox in May 2011.
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Matthew Mellon had a daughter whom he raised jointly with his former wife, Tamara Mellon, the co-founder of shoe company Jimmy Choo.
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Matthew Mellon's reported addiction to the prescription opioid OxyContin was said to be costing him $100,000 a month.
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In late March 2018, Matthew Mellon dined with President Donald Trump.
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Matthew Mellon died in April 2018 in Cancun, Mexico, where he was planning to check into the Clear Sky Recovery clinic, which specializes in therapy utilising ibogaine, a medication with psychedelic properties.