Robert Worth Bingham IV
T.E. Goodell
NEW YORK (AP) - Robert Worth Bingham IV, an heir to a Kentucky newspaper
family, was found dead in his loft Sunday. He was 33.
The medical examiner was awaiting test results to determine the cause of death,
spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said. A police source told The Associated Press he
appeared to have overdosed on heroin.
Bingham was a journalist and author of the highly praised novel ``Lightning on
the Sun.''
It was the latest tragedy involving the Bingham family - former owners of The
Courier-Journal in Louisville and the now-defunct Louisville Times. The family
sold the newspapers to Gannett Co. in 1986 for $442.7 million.
Bingham's father, Robert Worth Bingham III, was assistant publisher of the two
newspapers in 1966, when he was killed at age 34 by a surfboard that broke
loose in his car.
Two years earlier, Rob Bingham's uncle, Jonathan, was electrocuted while
stringing party lights at the family's estate near Louisville.
The mother of Barry Bingham, the longtime editor and publisher of the
newspapers, was killed in a streetcar accident when he was a child.
Louis Epstein
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: NEW YORK (AP) - Robert Worth Bingham IV, an heir to a Kentucky newspaper
And what about the mysterious death of the Flagler heiress the first
Robert W. Bingham married,giving him the money to buy the papers?
Skatecatky
>Robert W. Bingham married,giving him the money to buy the papers?>>
Ahhh, interesting bit of gossip and history combined. Mysterious, perhaps to
some, but it's my understanding that the Kenans, Mary Lily's family, had the
body exhumed, but refused to release the results of the autopsy and medical
exam that ensued. If she was, indeed, murdered, then why the mystery in hiding
the exam results?
Strange as it sounds, but this has been written about greatly - it is possible
that Mary Lily had some form of cardiac problems related to a certain STD and
perhaps the family was hiding this secret, thus why they didn't release the
results of the exam.
As it was, the family dared not contest the codicil, as Mary Lily had a "no
squabble" clause in her will, and with a $100 million fortune at stake for the
heirs, they dare not contest her will, or any presumably legal codicil.
Louis Epstein
: >And what about the mysterious death of the Flagler heiress the first
Well,I called it mysterious,and it seems to remain so.