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Jorge Guinle

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Jorge Guinle
Jorginho Guinle
Raul Bopp (Brazilian diplomat in L.A.), Maria Montez and Jorge Guinle, 1943.
Born
Jorge Eduardo Guinle

Jorge Guinle (Portuguese: Jorginho Guinle; Rio de Janeiro, 5 February 1916 – 5 March 2004)[1] was a billionaire from the Guinle family of Rio, Brazil.

He was known as one of the richest men on earth,[2] a jazz enthusiast[3] and the "last tycoon playboy".[4]

He was romantically associated with numerous stars including Marilyn Monroe, Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider, Hedy Lamarr, Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth,[4] Jayne Mansfield,[5] Susan Hayward,[6] Carole Landis,[7] and Linda Christian.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Jorge Guinle, 88, a Playboy Who Outlived His Millions, Dies". New York Times.
  2. ^ Bud Freeman, Crazeology, page 67, Continuum International Publishing Group, 1995, ISBN 978-1-871478-15-0
  3. ^ Micol Seigel, Uneven encounters: making race and nation in Brazil and the United States, page 107, Duke University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8223-4440-7
  4. ^ a b Mo Teitelbaum, The Stylemakers: Minimalism and Classic-Modernism 1915-45, page 115, Philip Wilson Publishers, 2011, ISBN 978-0-85667-703-8
  5. ^ Raymond Strait, Here They Are Jayne Mansfield, page 156, SP Books, 1992, ISBN 978-1-56171-146-8
  6. ^ Dizzy Gillespie and Al Fraser, To Be, Or Not... to Bop, page 430, University of Minnesota Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8166-6547-1
  7. ^ Eric Lawrence Gans,Carole Landis: a most beautiful girl, University Press of Mississippi, 2008, ISBN 978-1-60473-013-5
  8. ^ Diane Telgen and Jim Kamp, Notable Hispanic American women (Issue 68), VNR AG, 1993, ISBN 978-0-8103-7578-9