Person    | Male  Born 10/6/1923  Died 5/11/1991

Robert Maxwell

Publisher, politician and swindler. Born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch, in Slatinské Doly (now Solotyino, Ukraine). He came to Britain after WW2 where he built up the Pergamon Press, acquired the Mirror Group, and served as a Labour M.P. in the 1960s. His death as a result of falling overboard from his yacht while cruising in the Canary Islands, still remains somewhat of a mystery. It was later revealed that he had been milking the Mirror Group pension fund.

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