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Article: Walter Annenberg has fought his way to perhaps the biggest U.S. benefactor of all time. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- January 3, 1994
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When President Clinton accepted Walter Annenberg's astonishing $500 million gift to fight crime through better education in late December, he lavished thanks upon a man who is a household name, yet still an enigma to the American people.
There is the public Walter Annenberg: The 85-year-old business magnate and socialite friend of presidents, who built a publishing empire around TV Guide magazine _ circulation 17 million _ sold it for $3 billion, and now gives away mammoth chunks of that money to good causes.
There is also the lesser-known Annenberg: The son of mob-connected Moses Annenberg, called a weak-willed playboy in his youth, who has spent decades trying to ...
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