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   Aug 27, 2024 · Seth Wenig/AP. NEW YORK — Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before...

2. www.prnewswire.com › news-releases › leonard-riggioLEONARD RIGGIO, FOUNDER AND FORMER CHAIRMAN OF BARNES & NOBLE ...

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   Aug 27, 2024 · A Mass of Christian burial will take place on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 at 10:00 am at The Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, 263 Mulberry Street, with a public celebration of Mr. Riggio's...

3. www.legacy.com › us › obituariesLeonard Riggio Obituary (1941 - 2024) - Legacy Remembers

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   Aug 28, 2024 · Published by Legacy Remembers from Aug. 28 to Aug. 29, 2024. Leonard Riggio was a businessman who, starting in 1971, expanded Barnes & Noble from a single Manhattan store into a nationwide book...

   • Birth Date: February 28, 1941

   • Death Date: August 27, 2024

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   Aug 28, 2024 · August 28, 2024 at 7:05 p.m. EDT. Leonard Riggio, a swaggering Brooklyn-bred executive who grew Barnes & Noble into the country’s largest bookselling chain, then sparred with Amazon as online...

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   Aug 31, 2024 · As head of America’s Barnes & Noble chain he reinvented the business, but could not compete with Amazon’s disruption. Leonard Riggio lured readers with discounted bestsellers, cosy chairs ...

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   Aug 27, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.com, has died at age 83.

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   Who was Leonard Riggio?

   • Riggio died on Tuesday. NEW YORK — Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.com, has died at age 83.

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   How did Leonard Riggio die?

   • Leonard Riggio, a Palm Beach resident and the former chairman of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain, died Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 83. A release from the family listed the cause of death as Alzheimer's disease. He died in New York City surrounded by his family, a spokesperson told the Daily News.

   Leonard Riggio, former chair of Barnes & Noble dies at 83

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   How did Leonard Riggio change the publishing industry?

   • Leonard Riggio transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.

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   What did Steve Riggio do for a living?

   • Bookselling and family often overlapped for Riggio. His brother Steve Riggio served for years as vice chairman of Barnes & Noble and another brother, Thomas Riggio, helped run a trucking company that shipped the store’s books.

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   How much did the Riggios buy a house for?

   • The Riggios bought the house in 2003 for a recorded $14 million. In 2009, they expanded the property with the purchase of an adjacent parcel for $1.45 million, courthouse records show. Beginning in the early 1970s, Mr. Riggio grew Barnes & Noble until it became the world’s largest bookselling company.

   Leonard Riggio, former chair of Barnes & Noble dies at 83

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   Where was Riggio born & raised?

   • Born in 1941, Riggio was raised in the working-class neighbourhood of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. His father was a taxi driver and former prizefighter with radical social views, his mother a dressmaker.

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   Aug 27, 2024 · Leonard Riggio, a Palm Beach resident and the former chairman of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain, died Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 83. A release from the family listed the cause of death as...