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John Eleuthère du Pont (November 22, 1938 – December 9, 2010) was an American convicted murderer. An heir to the du Pont family fortune, he was a published ornithologist, philatelist, conchologist, and sports enthusiast. Du Pont died in prison while serving a sentence of thirty years for the murder of Dave Schultz.
Aug 30, 2023 · John du Pont, a wealthy heir and wrestling patron, shot and killed Dave Schultz, a former Olympic champion, on his Foxcatcher estate in 1996. Learn about the true story behind the film Foxcatcher and the motives behind du Pont's bizarre crime.
May 9, 2024 · John du Pont, American philanthropist who supported and ran a training facility for amateur freestyle wrestling and who shot and killed freestyle wrestler Dave Schultz, an Olympic gold medalist, in January 1996. Du Pont was convicted though found to be mentally ill, and he died while in prison.
- Pat Bauer
Apr 2, 2014 · Eccentric millionaire John du Pont killed Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz at the Foxcatcher Farm estate in January 1996.
Oct 14, 2018 · John Du Pont was a wealthy heir who became obsessed with wrestling and killed an Olympic gold medalist in 1996. Learn about his bizarre behavior, from driving a tank to having a mosaic of himself, in this list of weird John du Pont stories.
- Lea Rose Emery
Nov 13, 2014 · Learn how the real John du Pont, a wealthy heir and wrestling patron, murdered one of his wrestlers, David Schultz, in 1996. Compare the facts and the movie version of Foxcatcher, starring Steve Carell as du Pont.
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Dec 10, 2010 · John E. du Pont, an heir to the du Pont chemical fortune whose benevolent support of Olympic athletes deteriorated into delusion and ended in the shooting death of a champion wrestler, died ...
