The Curious Life of H.L. Hunt

[mesmith31]

I had been doing some reading on the early supporters of Pat Robertson's 700 club and found some notable contributors that included Holly Coors, wife of the beer magnate and H.L. Hunt, father of Lamar Hunt.

Doing a quick search on H.L. via Wikipedia you find some really interesting factoids. Here are some of the high points:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunt

1.) After his cotton plantation was flooded, he turned his last $100 into more than $100,000, gambling in New Orleans.

2.) He secured secured title to what was then the largest known oil deposit in the world (the East Texas Oil Field) , by purchasing it from 'charlatan' Columbus Marion "Dad" Joiner by agreeing to pay him $1,000,000 and protect him from legal entanglements due to how he acquired the land.

3.) Their home to the north of White Rock Lake in Dallas was an exact model of Mount Vernon.

4.) His first son, Hassie, who was expected to succeed him in control of the family business, was lobotomized in response to increasingly erratic behavior. He outlived his father, and was known, for decades following the procedure, to wander the shores of White Rock Lake cloaked in white sheets, as a ghost.

5.) Two other children, William and Bunker, are famous for having purchased much of the world's silver, in an attempt to corner the market. They ultimately owned more silver than any government in the world, before their scheme was discovered and undone. Bunker Hunt was briefly one of the wealthiest men in the world, having discovered and taken title to the Libyan oil fields, before Muammar Gaddafi nationalized the properties.

6.) While still married to Lyda, H. L. Hunt is said to have married Frania Tye of Tampa, Florida in November 1925, using the name Franklin Hunt. Frania claimed to have discovered the bigamous nature of her marriage in 1934, and in a legal settlement in 1941.

7.) Hunt supported and had children by Ruth Ray of Shreveport, Louisiana, whom he met when she was a secretary in his Shreveport office.

[beach tribe]

Wow. What a family.

[teedubya]

So, essentially, the Chiefs cost the Hunt family $100.

[BlackHelicopters]

100 dollars and five decades later, and we still suck.

[Stewie]

You have to remember that Lamar lost $1 million in the first year of the AFL. When his dad was asked how long that sort of loss could go on he replied, "Oh, another 100 years."

[bevischief]

wtf?

[beach tribe]

Gotta give it to dudes who have the Brass to just give bitches a fake name and Pull a double life.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by theelusiveeightrop

100 dollars and five decades later, and we still suck.

[beach tribe]

I don't know why this phone likes to capitalize random shit.

[OrtonsPiercedTaint]

Jerry Springer's guests are just eccentric millionaires without money.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by mesmith31

4.) His first son, Hassie, who was expected to succeed him in control of the family business, was lobotomized in response to increasingly erratic behavior. He outlived his father, and was known, for decades following the procedure, to wander the shores of White Rock Lake cloaked in white sheets, as a ghost.

And so now we've come full circle and Lamar is now ****ing Joe Kennedy.

[ChiefsCountry]

Not to mention JR Ewing's character on Dallas was based on HL Hunt as well.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

His one who sucks the penis progeny Bunker gave a shitload of money to extremist groups, one of which was implicated in Iran Contra.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

His one who sucks the penis progeny Bunker gave a shitload of money to extremist groups, one of which was implicated in Iran Contra.

That means what?

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Rausch

That means what?

That another interesting fact about HL Hunt is that his balls pissed out one of the most nefarious Americans in the last half century.