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'''Edoardo Agnelli''' (9 June 1954 – 15 November 2000) was an [[Italian-American]] entrepreneur, who died in controversial circumstances. He was the son of the industrialist patriarch of [[Fiat]], [[Gianni Agnelli]]. |
'''Edoardo Agnelli''' (9 June 1954 – 15 November 2000) was an [[Italian-American]] entrepreneur, who died in controversial circumstances. He was the son of the industrialist patriarch of [[Fiat]], [[Gianni Agnelli]]. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Agnelli was born in [[New York]]. After studying at [[Atlantic College]], he read modern literature and oriental philosophy at [[Princeton University]],<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news |title=Fiat chief's son dies in viaduct plunge |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/11/16/wfiat16.xml |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=2001-06-19 |accessdate=2008-04-04 }}</ref> where he was given the nickname ''Crazy Eddie'' for his wild behaviour.<ref name=cnn>{{cite news |title=THE CHILDREN OF THE RICH & FAMOUS |url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/09/10/73985/index.htm |work=[[CNN]] |date=1990-09-10 |accessdate=2008-04-04 }}</ref> After leaving Princeton he travelled in [[India]], pursuing his interest in oriental religion and [[mysticism]],<ref name=telegraph/> and [[Iran]], where he met [[Ayatollah Khamenei]] and was reported to have converted to [[Islam]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The curse of inheritance: Do wealthy dynasties always make for happy heirs? |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/features/article2783545.ece |work=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |date=2007-07-19 |accessdate=2008-04-04 }}</ref> |
Agnelli was born in [[New York]]. After studying at [[Atlantic College]], he read modern literature and oriental philosophy at [[Princeton University]],<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news |title=Fiat chief's son dies in viaduct plunge |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/11/16/wfiat16.xml |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=2001-06-19 |accessdate=2008-04-04 }}</ref> where he was given the nickname ''Crazy Eddie'' for his wild behaviour.<ref name=cnn>{{cite news |title=THE CHILDREN OF THE RICH & FAMOUS |url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/09/10/73985/index.htm |work=[[CNN]] |date=1990-09-10 |accessdate=2008-04-04 }}</ref> After leaving Princeton he travelled in [[India]], pursuing his interest in oriental religion and [[mysticism]],<ref name=telegraph/> and [[Iran]], where he met [[Ayatollah Khamenei]] and was reported to have converted to [[Islam]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The curse of inheritance: Do wealthy dynasties always make for happy heirs? |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/features/article2783545.ece |work=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |date=2007-07-19 |accessdate=2008-04-04 }}</ref> |
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As an adult Agnelli claimed to be the heir apparent to the Fiat empire, but his father, who had already been unhappy with Edoardo's timidity when he was a child, ensured that he would not inherit it.<ref name=cnn/> The only official position which the younger Agnelli held in the family businesses was as a director of [[Juventus]] football club,<ref>{{cite news |title=Fiat family's search for an heir. |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67303377.html |work=[[Sunday Business]] |date=2000-11-26 |accessdate=2008-04-04 }}</ref> in which capacity he was present at the [[Heysel disaster]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Soccer and Disaster |last=Darby |first=Paul |coauthors=Johnes, Martin; Mello, Gavin |year=2005 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0714653527 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lPLd5wGuRqgC&pg=PA82&dq=%22Edoardo+Agnelli%22&num=100&sig=LbqswZVUvxknmzzSWsx3bdrvAUc#PPA82,M1 |page=82 }}</ref> |
As an adult Agnelli claimed to be the heir apparent to the Fiat empire, but his father, who had already been unhappy with Edoardo's timidity when he was a child, ensured that he would not inherit it.<ref name=cnn/> The only official position which the younger Agnelli held in the family businesses was as a director of [[Juventus]] football club,<ref>{{cite news |title=Fiat family's search for an heir. |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67303377.html |work=[[Sunday Business]] |date=2000-11-26 |accessdate=2008-04-04 }}</ref> in which capacity he was present at the [[Heysel disaster]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Soccer and Disaster |last=Darby |first=Paul |coauthors=Johnes, Martin; Mello, Gavin |year=2005 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0714653527 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lPLd5wGuRqgC&pg=PA82&dq=%22Edoardo+Agnelli%22&num=100&sig=LbqswZVUvxknmzzSWsx3bdrvAUc#PPA82,M1 |page=82 }}</ref> |
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In 1990 Agnelli was charged in [[Kenya]] with possession of 7 ounces of [[heroin]], to which he pleaded innocent.<ref>{{cite news |title=TYCOON'S SON PLEADS |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADE72FDB3BCFC8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=[[Post-Gazette]] |date=1990-09-23 |accessdate=2008-04-04 }}</ref> The |
In 1990 Agnelli was charged in [[Kenya]] with possession of 7 ounces of [[heroin]], to which he pleaded innocent.<ref>{{cite news |title=TYCOON'S SON PLEADS |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADE72FDB3BCFC8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=[[Post-Gazette]] |date=1990-09-23 |accessdate=2008-04-04 }}</ref> The court later exonerated him without any charge as no truth was found.<ref>{{cite news |title=Documentary: Martyr Edoardo Agnelli |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8nBCBZ_A4I&feature=related|date=2008-01-13 |accessdate=2009-02-11 }}</ref> |
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==Death== |
==Death== |
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In November 2000, 46 year old Agnelli's body was found, near Turin, on a river bed beneath a [[motorway]] [[viaduct]], on which his car was found abandoned.<ref name=telegraph/> The viaduct is known as the ''bridge of suicides''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Milestones |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,998610,00.html |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=2000-11-27 |accessdate=2008-04-04 }}</ref> |
In November 2000, 46 year old Agnelli's body was found, near Turin, on a river bed beneath a [[motorway]] [[viaduct]], on which his car was found abandoned.<ref name=telegraph/> The viaduct is known as the ''bridge of suicides''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Milestones |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,998610,00.html |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=2000-11-27 |accessdate=2008-04-04 }}</ref> |
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The death was considered by Italian investigators to have been suicide, but it is thought, in Iran particularly, that his death was orchestrated by [[Israel]]i agents to ensure that the Fiat empire did not fall into Edoardo Agnelli's hands.<ref>{{cite news |title=Iranians hold candlelit vigil for late Fiat heir |url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/international/306279/iranians_hold_candlelit_vigil_for_late_fiat_heir/ |work=Reuters |date=2005-11-15 |accessdate=2008-02-28 }}</ref> His uncle and 36-year-old cousin both died from rare and unidentified forms of cancer, with his Jewish nephew, [[John Elkann]], subsequently becoming heir to Fiat. |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 00:24, 1 March 2009
Edoardo Agnelli (9 June 1954 – 15 November 2000) was an Italian-American entrepreneur, who died in controversial circumstances. He was the son of the industrialist patriarch of Fiat, Gianni Agnelli.
Life
Agnelli was born in New York. After studying at Atlantic College, he read modern literature and oriental philosophy at Princeton University,[1] where he was given the nickname Crazy Eddie for his wild behaviour.[2] After leaving Princeton he travelled in India, pursuing his interest in oriental religion and mysticism,[1] and Iran, where he met Ayatollah Khamenei and was reported to have converted to Islam.[3]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Edoardo_Agnelli.jpg)
As an adult Agnelli claimed to be the heir apparent to the Fiat empire, but his father, who had already been unhappy with Edoardo's timidity when he was a child, ensured that he would not inherit it.[2] The only official position which the younger Agnelli held in the family businesses was as a director of Juventus football club,[4] in which capacity he was present at the Heysel disaster.[5]
In 1990 Agnelli was charged in Kenya with possession of 7 ounces of heroin, to which he pleaded innocent.[6] The court later exonerated him without any charge as no truth was found.[7]
Death
In November 2000, 46 year old Agnelli's body was found, near Turin, on a river bed beneath a motorway viaduct, on which his car was found abandoned.[1] The viaduct is known as the bridge of suicides.[8]
The death was considered by Italian investigators to have been suicide, but it is thought, in Iran particularly, that his death was orchestrated by Israeli agents to ensure that the Fiat empire did not fall into Edoardo Agnelli's hands.[9] His uncle and 36-year-old cousin both died from rare and unidentified forms of cancer, with his Jewish nephew, John Elkann, subsequently becoming heir to Fiat.
References
- ^ a b c "Fiat chief's son dies in viaduct plunge". The Daily Telegraph. 2001-06-19. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ a b "THE CHILDREN OF THE RICH & FAMOUS". CNN. 1990-09-10. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ "The curse of inheritance: Do wealthy dynasties always make for happy heirs?". Belfast Telegraph. 2007-07-19. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ "Fiat family's search for an heir". Sunday Business. 2000-11-26. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ Darby, Paul (2005). Soccer and Disaster. Routledge. p. 82. ISBN 0714653527.
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- ^ "Documentary: Martyr Edoardo Agnelli". 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
- ^ "Milestones". Time. 2000-11-27. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ "Iranians hold candlelit vigil for late Fiat heir". Reuters. 2005-11-15. Retrieved 2008-02-28.