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1. www.legacy.com › us › obituariesLEONARD RIGGIO Obituary (2024) - New York, NY - New York Times

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   Aug 29, 2024 · We send our heartfelt condolences to Louise, Stephanie, Leo and the entire Riggio family. To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store . Published by New York Times on Aug. 29, 2024.

2. www.npr.org › barnes-noble-leonard-riggio-obituaryLeonard Riggio, who led bookseller Barnes & Noble, dies at 83 ...

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   Aug 27, 2024 · Riggio’s near-half century reign began in 1971 when he used a $1.2 million loan to purchase Barnes & Noble's name and the flagship store on lower Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. He acquired hundreds ...

3. edition.cnn.com › 2024/08/27 › businessLeonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes ...

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   Aug 27, 2024 · 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 ...

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

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   Aug 28, 2024 · Leonard Riggio Obituary. 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 ...

   • Birth Date: February 28, 1941

   • Death Date: August 27, 2024

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

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   Aug 27, 2024 · February 28, 1941 – August 27, 2024. NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Leonard Riggio, founder and former chairman of Barnes & Noble, Inc., has died following a valiant battle with ...

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   Aug 27, 2024 · FILE - Leonard Riggio, chairman of Barnes and Noble, arrives at a book store in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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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 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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   When did Riggio Buy Barnes & Noble?

   • Riggio’s near-half century reign began in 1971 when he used a $1.2 million loan to purchase Barnes & Noble’s name and the flagship store on lower Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

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   How did Riggio die?

   • Riggio died Tuesday “following a valiant battle with Alzheimer’s disease,” according to a statement issued by his family. He had stepped down as chairman in 2019 after the chain was sold to the hedge fund Elliott Advisors.

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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 did Riggio feel about working?

   • “Ever since he was a boy from Brooklyn, he’d had a visceral reaction to the way workings stiffs and the poor were treated on a day-to-day basis,” Nader wrote of Riggio, who did at times stand apart from his management peers.

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8. www.ft.com › content › 0551a3a9-600d-4add-858c-d2986Leonard Riggio, bookseller, 1941-2024 - Financial Times

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   Aug 31, 2024 · Leonard Riggio, who has died aged 83, had a different vision. As chief executive of the US shop chain Barnes & Noble, in the 1990s he built book palaces as large as 60,000 sq ft in communities as ...