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   Aug 27, 2024 · Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images. CNN —. Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller ...

2. 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.

3. www.nytimes.com › leonard-riggio-deadLeonard Riggio, 83, Dies; Founded Barnes & Noble and Upended ...

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   Aug 30, 2024 · A few years later, in 1971, Mr. Riggio, armed with a $1.2 million loan (the equivalent of about $9.3 million today), bought Barnes & Noble, a bookstore on Fifth Avenue at 18th Street that William ...

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

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   Aug 27, 2024 · Leonard Riggio, then chairman of Barnes & Noble, arrives at a bookstore in New York on Sept. 12, 2017. Riggio died on Tuesday. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption

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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 ...

6. www.palmbeachdailynews.com › story › newsLeonard Riggio, former chair of Barnes & Noble dies at 83

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   Aug 27, 2024 · Palm Beach Daily News. 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 ...

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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.

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   • Leonard Riggio in New York City on April 18, 2018. 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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   • 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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   Who is Riggio & Barnes & Noble?

   • Riggio began the 2000s at the height of power, with more than 700 superstores and hundreds of others outlets, But internet commerce was growing quickly and Barnes & Noble, with its roots in physical retail, lacked the imagination and flexibility of the startup from Seattle that called itself “Earth’s Biggest Bookstore,” Amazon.com.

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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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   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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   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. Riggio died Tuesday “following a valiant battle with Alzheimer’s disease ...