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...clan members are unusually close. Three of Larry Tisch's four sons own homes within a twelve-minute drive of his country house. Says Steve Tisch, 37, an independent Hollywood producer (Risky Business) who is Bob's eldest child and has no connection with the family business: "It's remarkable for two guys who have built an empire, yet they have never been too busy for their children...
BOSTON--City officials and members of the Kennedy family joined yesterday to break ground for a rose garden dedicated to the matriarch of the clan, Rose Kennedy...
...what could be a serious blow to the Hunt clan, the craggy-faced Barefoot Sanders ruled that Placid must shift its petition for bankruptcy relief from a New Orleans court to Dallas. The banks wanted the case to be heard in Dallas, in Sanders' jurisdiction, but the Hunts hoped to avoid the judge. Sanders, a liberal Democrat who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate, has never been friendly with the conservative Republican Hunts. The Hunts may fear that having Sanders on the case could hurt their chances of holding on to what is left of their dwindling assets, which have...
Whatever the ultimate outcome, Bunker, Herbert and Lamar Hunt cannot escape the striking symbolism of their company's bankruptcy filing. Here was the clan that embodied all that was bold, brash and rich about the American oil patch. Yet today, like many a lone Texas wildcatter, the Hunt brothers are hurting -- and not even the hugest gusher can provide a cure...
Arguably the most devoted public servant of the clan, however, was Sen. Leverett Saltonstall '14, who died in 1979 after holding an impressive list of Massachusetts posts ranging from Speaker of the House to governor to U.S. senator...