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1. • • John V. Aspinall, a rakish millionaire who made his fortune in the port-and-cigar world of upper-class gambling tables in London and devoted it to creating country estates for breeding gorillas and tigers -- species he said he preferred to humans -- died on Thursday in London. He was 74. The cause was cancer.
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   How did John Aspinall die?

   • Aspinall died of cancer, in Westminster, London, on 29 June 2000, aged 74. A 1977 documentary, Echo of the Wild, by Roy Deverell told the story of the Aspinall Foundation and featured Damian and John Aspinall.

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   What did John Aspinall do for a living?

   • John Aspinall's two great loves were wild animals and gambling. Fiercely critical of the human race, much of which he dismissed as a 'biomass', he used his betting profits to finance his zoos and protect endangered species. Born in 1926 the son of an Army officer, John Aspinall started gambling while a student at Oxford University.

   BBC News | UK | Zoo keeper Aspinall dies

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   Who is John Aspinall?

   • Born in 1926 the son of an Army officer, John Aspinall started gambling while a student at Oxford University. During the 1950s he ran an constantly-moving illegal gambling club mainly for his friends. In 1956 a successful betting coup allowed him to buy Howlett's, his Georgian mansion in Kent and, eventually, the home of the first of his two zoos.

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   Why did Aspinall become famous?

   • To the wider public, Aspinall became known mainly for two things - his close friendship with Lord Lucan and propensity of animals in his private zoo to kill their keepers. His sympathy for Lucan, who disappeared after murdering his children's nanny and also the killer animals led to widespread opprobrium.

   A gambler to the last, Aspinall the risk-taker dies near his animals

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   John Victor Aspinall (11 June 1926 – 29 June 2000) was an English zoo and casino owner. From upper class beginnings he used gambling to move to the centre of British high society in the 1960s. [1] He was born in Delhi during the British Raj, and was a citizen of the United Kingdom.

4. www.nytimes.com › 2000/07/01 › worldJohn Aspinall, Gambler and Zoo Owner, Dies at 74 - The New ...

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   Jul 1, 2000 · John V. Aspinall, a rakish millionaire who made his fortune in the port-and-cigar world of upper-class gambling tables in London and devoted it to creating country estates for breeding gorillas...

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   Jul 1, 2000 · John V. Aspinall, a rakish millionaire who made his fortune in the port-and-cigar world of upper-class gambling tables in London and devoted it to creating country estates for breeding gorillas and tigers species that he said he preferred to humans died of cancer Thursday in London. He was 74.

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   Jun 29, 2000 · Millionaire animal park owner John Aspinall has died aged 74 after a three-year battle against cancer. He is survived by his wife Sarah, two sons Damian and Bassa, daughter Amanda and two...

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   Jun 30, 2000 · John Aspinall, who has died aged 74, made a fortune out of running casinos and spent it in the creation of two zoos: at Howletts, near Canterbury, and at Port Lympne, near Hythe.

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   Yesterday afternoon, after a three-year fight against the debilitating illness, Aspinall died at the age of 74 at his home in Port Lympne, near Folkestone, in Kent. He had received surgery at...

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   Feb 25, 2024 · It was brutal, bloody, and committed almost certainly in error. The case was that of the 7th Earl of Lucan, a 39-year-old professional gambler who was believed to have killed his children’s ...