Nine years after it was commissioned, the Department of Trade and Industry report will finally provide an official chronicle of the complex inner workings of Maxwells multimedia companies. Or was it just an unfortunate string of events taking place at a controversial point in time? Maxwell got into football. As a boat, Lady Ghislaine was a 189-foot superyacht complete with all the finest furnishings a publishing tycoon might require (via Daily Mail). [64], British Prime Minister John Major said Maxwell had given him "valuable insights" into the situation in the Soviet Union during the attempted coup of 1991. Judge Thayne Forbes in September 1971 was critical of the inquiry: "They had moved from an inquisitorial role to accusatory one and virtually committed the business murder of Mr. Even when he fell in love - and that was frequently - he was never submerged by disappointment. On October 31, Gus Rankin, the captain of Maxwells yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, received a call in Gibraltar to say that his boss would be arriving the following morning on his private jet. Most of Maxwell's family was murdered in Auschwitz after Hungary was occupied in 1944 by Nazi Germany, but years earlier he had escaped to France. The wind had been completely knocked out of his sails.. He gave an interview to The Times in 1968, in which he said the House of Commons provided him with a problem. As he stared out on to the street, Maxwell started talking more to himself than to Davies. * Betty edited two books on Holocaust memorial and was an honorary fellow of the Woolf Institute in Cambridge, which promotes the study of relations between Jews, Christians and Muslims. [38] HBJ defended itself from the hostile takeover attempt by going deeply into debt to make large cash payments to shareholders. After a couple more calls, Maxwell retired to bed. A huge search ensued. For many years, the chief barber at Londons Savoy hotel, George Wheeler, had been regularly visiting Maxwells palatial apartment at the Daily Mirrors nearby HQ to dye the tycoons hair and eyebrows. Maxwell was also the chairman of Oxford United, saving them from bankruptcy and attempting to merge them with Reading in 1983 to form a club he wished to call "Thames Valley Royals". Even now Maxwell couldnt stop spending money, as if one new deal, one new venture, might magically put everything right. Every weekday morning at seven oclock, Ian and Kevin Maxwell would go to their fathers office to discuss the days programme. It did not say how it obtained the videotape. [9] Attached to the Foreign Office, he served in Berlin during the next two years in the press section. The magazine quoted doctors on the videotape describing the bruising on Maxwells body. On the outside, the British party-goer seemed to have it all fame, fortune, and notoriety, to name a few. of the Japan Shipbuilding Insustry Foundation and one of the worlds richest men, and (left) Mr. Robert Maxwell, chairmand of the publishers Pergamon Press, who are publishing Mr. Sasakawas forthcoming biography on a non-profit-making oasis. [68] This replenishment was limited and also supported by a surplus in the printers' fund, which was taken by the government in part payment of 100 million required to support the workers' state pensions. [34] The deal was aborted in August 1985. No report from the autopsy in Israel has been released. The day before, Maxwell Communication Corporation (MCC) had published its annual report. She basically controlled access to him. [66], Maxwell's death triggered instability for his publishing empire, with banks frantically calling in their massive loans. The photos were taken from a videotape of the examination conducted at Abu- Kabir Medical Institute in Tel Aviv the night of Nov. 9-10, Paris Match said. [19] He wrote, "This is a British paper, run by British people as British as roast beef and Yorkshire pudding Let us keep it that way". [60] Murder was ruled out by the judge and, in effect, so was suicide. Its tempting to regard this as an extreme example of his lack of consideration for others. Leading City institutions are in line for criticism, along with Maxwells son Kevin and, it has been reported, Lord Donoughue, a former minister in Tony Blairs government. Pictured are the Earl and Countess of Clancarty, shareholders, who gave Maxwell a vote of confidence. All we do know is that he came to end up in the Atlantic. As far as Maxwells butler Simon Grigg was concerned, it was clear that he was in love with her. Hes mad. [67] Eventually, the pension funds were replenished with money from investment banks Lehman Brothers, Coopers & Lybrand, and Goldman Sachs, as well as the British government. You can also support us by signing up to our Mailing List. On October 29, 1991, Mirror Group Newspapers director Sir Robert Clark informed Maxwell that there were grave concerns about unauthorised investments. As he turned his helicopter round, he spotted a dark shape in the sea below. Photo: A proposal to re-elect Robert Maxwell, founder of Pergamon Press, as a director was unresolved at a general meeting. This officer then led two of his sections across bullet-swept ground with great dash and determination. But he was later spotted at about 4.10am by a crew member standing by the stern rail. In 1996, after an eight-month trial, Kevin and Ian Maxwell and another man, Larry Trachtenberg, were cleared of conspiracy to defraud Mirror Group pensioners. Jeffrey Epstein 'was secretly bankrolled' by Ghislaine Robert Maxwell's contacts book featuring 1980s 'movers and Abridged extract from Fall: The Mystery Of Robert Maxwell, by John Preston, published by Viking on February 4 at 18.99. Everything I try, people turn against me. His mother and several loved ones died in the Auschwitz concentration camp, with his father presumed to have died before arriving (per The New York Times). In subsequent years he worked in publishing, building up Pergamon Press to a major academic publisher. Front row, left to right; Mrs William Carr (daughter in law); Lady Waleran (sister); William Carr (his son); Joan Bailey (niece); Mrs James Armstrong (mother of Clive Carr); Sir William and Lady Carr; James Armstrong (stepfather of Clive Carr); Ruth Gilmore (cousin); Richard Carr (nephew); and Mrs Mattie Worthington (cousin). Mirror reports that Maxwell stole millions of dollars in order to save his failing publishing empire. And, just as Pitt-Atkins had foreseen, Maxwells family and thousands of his employees worldwide were left facing financial ruin. The millionaire newspaper publisher had been on his yacht, the Ghislaine, in the Canary Islands. Many of them regard his death as a string of unfortunate coincidences. Sometimes I dont know why I go on, he muttered. So were Maxwells dressing room and bathrooms. But in his prime he represented power, Maxwell established the Maxwell Foundation in Liechtenstein in 1970. After apologising for giving him so little notice, Maxwell said he would fit in with any plans Rankin might have. . Nor were the profits all they seemed. 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The comments below have not been moderated. In the summer of 1984, shortly after Robert Maxwell became the owner of the Daily Mirror, the newspapers then editor Mike Molloy bumped into a psychiatrist friend. The New York Post reports that Ghislaine rose to socialite status as the last born of Maxwell's nine children, so prized by her father that he named his boat in her honor. Maxwell seemed unperturbed, although he must have known that any investigation would reveal that hed drained the Mirrors pension funds dry. Ghislaine Maxwell:Maxwells youngest daughter moved to the US in 1991, and became a fixture on the Manhattan party circuit. [24] Steinberg purchased Pergamon. A Spanish fisherman found his body floating in the Atlantic 12 hours later. Date: 02/01/1969, Robert Maxwell, the millionaire Labour MP who is battling Rupert Murdoch of the Australian group News Ltd, for control of the News of the World newspaper, at a meeting at LondonsConnaught Rooms. By now Andrea was accompanying Maxwell everywhere. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('Unit4'); }); Photo: Field-Marshal Montgomery presents a medal to Robert Maxwell. Cemeteries; About; Contacts; Search. A great character. And he was. Apparently Maxwell had ordered that he should be followed around the clock by a team of private detectives. This page was last edited on 11 February 2023, at 00:41. Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix/Getty Images On Nov. 5, 1991, Roberts body was found in the ocean and he was confirmed dead. [69], The Maxwell companies filed for bankruptcy protection in 1992. At 4.45am, Maxwell phoned the crew to report that his bedroom was too cold. A month later, Maxwell made another unexpected decision: he was going to float Mirror Group Newspapers on the Stock Exchange. Date: 14/11/1995, Photo: Kevin Maxwell (right) celebrating with his brother Ian outside the High Court, London, this morning (Thursday) after a judge ruled that Kevin should not stand trial for a second time on charges relating to the collapse of his disgraced father Roberts media empire. Later that morning the Lady Ghislaine set sail, first to Madeira, then to the Canaries. Date: 21/11/1987, Photo: Robert Maxwell and Malcolm Shotton celebrate Oxfords 3-0 victory over Arsenal at Manor Park by displaying the Milk Cup which they won previously at Wembley. Shown into his bedroom by a maid, he found his boss lying on his bed in a white towelling dressing gown, watching television. For him, Maxwells decision to sell Pergamon meant only one thing: The moment I heard about it I had no doubt he knew the end was coming.. He was 68 years old. John Jackson, a former reporter for the Mirror, claims it was quite common for Maxwell to urinate unclothed from the edge of his yacht and suggests it is very possible that Maxwell fell into the water during this routine. * In 2001 the Department of Trade and Industry released a report into the Maxwell affair which said primary responsibility for the collapse of the Maxwell business empire lay with its founder. Given the 1991 revelations of Maxwell's secretive and scandalous life, where he robbed unwitting employees of their hard-earned pensions, the public began to question his mysterious death, and with good reason to do so (viaMirror). A secretary for Dr. Ian West, a British physician who participated in the Israeli autopsy at the request of insurance companies that provided a $37 million accidental death policy for Maxwell, said he had no comment except to say the story contains a number of inaccuracies. The secretary, who spoke on condition of anonymity, would not elaborate. Yes I have a dark side, doesnt everyone? He was obviously trying to recover something., The publisher Anthony Cheetham had worked for Maxwell during the 1980s. [52] Six serving and former heads of Israeli intelligence services attended Maxwell's funeral in Israel, while Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir eulogised him and stated: "He has done more for Israel than can today be told. The weekly Paris Match published several graphic pictures of Maxwells body it said showed bruises that cast doubt on a Spanish autopsys conclusion that the publisher fell overboard from his yacht and died of natural causes Nov. 5. Such a blow was unlikely to kill Maxwell unless it caused brain damage, which could not be determined from the photographs, Le Ribault was quoted as saying. The photos Among those adherents to this theory, according to her brother Ian, is Ghislaine Maxwell herself (via Daily Mail). Date: 02/01/1969. How, asked the friend, was Molloy getting on with his new billionaire boss, then at the height of his global fame and power? According to Loftus and Aarons, it was Maxwell's covert help in smuggling aircraft parts into Israel that led to the country having air superiority during their 1948 war of independence. Ill explain everything when I return.. He wanted to know how a particular joke we had discussed had gone down., During their conversation, Ian referred to the fact that the next day was going to be a big day with important meetings. [18] The Carr family, which owned the title, was incensed at the thought of a Czechoslovak immigrant with socialist politics gaining ownership, and the board voted against Maxwell's bid without any dissent. He was buried in Jerusalem. He had a sore throat. Ian Robert Maxwell MC (born Jn Ludvk Hyman Binyamin Hoch; 10 June 1923 5 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak-born British media proprietor, member of parliament (MP), suspected spy, and fraudster.[1]. The first thing Rankin noticed when Maxwell stepped off his plane was that he was travelling alone normally he was accompanied by several staff, including his butler. ", A production crew conducting research for Maxwell, a 2007 biographical film by the BBC, uncovered tapes stored in a suitcase owned by his former head of security, John Pole. If you wrote a film about his life it would be rejected as unrealistic.". [57], On 4 November 1991, Maxwell had an argumentative phone call with his son Kevin over a meeting scheduled with the Bank of England on Maxwell's default on 50,000,000 in loans. Maxwell was buried on Jerusalems Mount of Olives and eulogised by then Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. [23], Maxwell subsequently lost control of Pergamon and was expelled from the board in October 1969, along with three other directors in sympathy with him, by the majority owners of the company's shares. The Entrance of No. He seemed healthy. The only thing that struck him as odd was that Maxwell did almost no work while on board usually he spent several hours a day poring over papers. Aged. The meeting ended with Kroll asking him to compile a list of people who might want to ruin him. Britannica reports that by 1991, the self-made billionaire (via Celebrity Net Worth) had controlled and/or acquired the British Printing Corp., Pergamon Publishing, New York Daily News, Macmillan Publishers, and the Mirror Group Newspapers, which included popular publication The Daily Mirror. Maxwell owed more than 1 billion. In the same month as Maxwell was flying to Berlin with Andrea, a short paragraph appeared in the Lex column of the Financial Times. But nothing he did made any difference. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('Unit3'); }); What happened? [25][5] The report concluded: "We regret having to conclude that, notwithstanding Mr Maxwell's acknowledged abilities and energy, he is not in our opinion a person who can be relied on to exercise proper stewardship of a publicly quoted company. A sea of rumors swirls around her following the death of a very powerful, very corrupt man who clearly had a heavy influence over her life. Thats wonderful and choice turn of phrase. Later in his life, Maxwell had become increasingly paranoid about his own employees and had the offices of those he suspected of disloyalty bugged so he could hear their conversations. Clark told him that the firms board wanted to convene an audit committee to investigate. [30] for 113 million. Maxwell was playing enormous amounts 20,000 to 30,000 on each spin of the roulette wheel and completely absorbed, he said. PARIS (AP) _ A French magazine said today that photographs taken during an autopsy on Robert Maxwell suggest the publisher was beaten before his mysterious death at sea two months ago. Are you all right?. A bugged version of the intelligence spy software PROMIS was sold in the mid-1980s for Soviet government use, with Maxwell as a conduit. [13] Five of his children Christine, Isabel, Ian, Kevin and Ghislaine were later employed within his companies. Instead, he passed the time listening to Mozart operas, watching James Bond videos and sitting on deck gazing out to sea. After six years as a Labour MP during the 1960s, Maxwell again put all his energy into business, successively buying the British Printing Corporation, Mirror Group Newspapers and Macmillan Publishers, among other publishing companies. A doctor was called, who recommended an X-ray. According to Forbes, he joined the French Foreign Legion at the tender age of 16 and eventually made his way into the British Army. We dont know. The vote, 299 for and 20 against a resolution regarding the creation of further ordinary shares and their allotment to the Australian group News Ltd., meant the virtual end of the take-over bid by millionaire Labour MP Robert Maxwell. Once the owner of a vast global media empire encompassing newspapers, publishing houses, TV stations, high-tech companies and even football clubs, his fall from grace had been a long time in the making although hidden from public view behind the trappings of wealth. The Czechoslovak-born Maxwell, who escaped the Holocaust and emigrated to Britain in 1940, personally ran his publishing empire, often making minute-to- minute decisions. At some point it sank in that he was not on the boat, Rankin recalled. Maxwell took out several libel actions against Private Eye, one resulting in the magazine losing an estimated 225,000 and Maxwell using his commercial power to hit back with a one-off spoof magazine Not Private Eye. - Douglas Percy Bliss on his friend Eric Ravilious from their time at the Royal College of Art Eric Ravilious loved. Maxwell missed the meeting, instead travelling to his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, in the Canary Islands, Spain. Its still a mystery how he died: it could have been murder, suicide, or an accident. The then Prime Minister, John Major, called Maxwell a great character. * Betty, who is understood to have known nothing of the fraud, was left almost penniless as insurance companies believed that Maxwell had committed suicide and so refused to pay out, leaving her reliant on the goodwill of friends. Ive got no friends, no one I can turn to, no one to share my life with. In 1964, Maxwell became a Labour MP, holding the title until 1970. "The government prosecuted Ms. Maxwell as a proxy for Jeffrey Epstein" to satisfy The security staff were ordered to purchase it immediately, drill holes in the wall and install cameras to spy on her, said Davies. Death date. ON This Day In Photos: Publisher Robert Maxwell dies at sea. First, he checked for a pulse: nothing. Sons speak out about fraudster dads death for the first time in 27 years MEDIA mogul and scammer Robert Maxwell died in suspicious circumstances in 1991. [5] At the beginning of an interview with Romania's Nicolae Ceauescu, then the country's communist leader, he asked, "How do you account for your enormous popularity with the Romanian people?"[43]. In 1981 he gained control of the countrys leading printing concern, the British Printing Corp., revived its sagging fortunes, and resold it to its managers in 1987. Ive got people inside who are less crazy than him., You actually think he is clinically mad?. Date: 10/11/1991. Mr Sasakawas company is currently engaged in raising treasure, thought to be worth many billions of dollars, from the Societ battle cruiser Admiral Nakhimov sunk off the Japanese island of Tsushima 75 years ago, and it is planned to donate all the treasure recovered entirely to help world peace and to prevent war on a global scale. If his boss saw so much as a stray grey hair in an eyebrow, he would go berserk, he remembered. Michael Kennedy, skiing accident (1997) Michael Kennedy, the sixth child of Robert F. Kennedy, was killed in a skiing accident in Colorado at age 29 in December 1997. It was locked. [55] On 21 October 1991, Labour MP George Galloway and Conservative MP Rupert Allason (also known as espionage author Nigel West) agreed to raise the issue in the House of Commons under parliamentary privilege protection,[a] which in turn allowed British newspapers to report events without fear of libel suits. I would say he was very happy, Rankin recalled. By this stage he tolerated Ghislaine rather than anything else, recalls his New York PA Carolyn Hinsey. WebBy late afternoon, Robert Maxwell's body was found, naked and floating offshore, by the Spanish coast guard. When he learned of the affair through the bugs hed had installed in the Mirror offices, all hell broke loose. tombstone photo and death date. Early in his life, Maxwell escaped from Nazi occupation in his native country, joined the Czechoslovak Army in exile during World War II and was decorated after active service in the British Army. Next, Rankin and the chef tried the main door to Maxwells stateroom. WebIn the months following Epstein's death, Maxwell went to ground. [70], In November 1994, Maxwell's widow Elisabeth published her memoirs, A Mind of My Own: My Life with Robert Maxwell,[71] which sheds light on her life with him, when the publishing magnate was ranked as one of the richest people in the world. [54], Ben-Menashe's story was ignored at first, but eventually journalist Seymour Hersh of The New Yorker repeated some of the allegations during a press conference in London held to publicize The Samson Option, Hersh's book about Israel's nuclear weapons. Robert Maxwell was born and raised Jewish in the Ruthenian village of Slatinske Doly, at a time when Nazis were ruthlessly laying siege. The Europeans editor, Ian Watson, went to find him. Does he have a group of executives who are bitter rivals and only answer to him directly? he asked. Another team had been instructed to follow Andrea. Photo: The body of Robert Maxwell is carried to the graveside during his funeral on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Mirrorpix-Getty Images Robert Maxwell, however, attracted the greatest intrigue in [59] His son discounted the possibility of suicide, saying, "I think it is highly unlikely that he would have taken his own life, it wasn't in his makeup or his mentality. Sun 28 Feb 2021 22.00 EST In 1991, the tycoon Robert Maxwell died in circumstances that have yet to be fully explained. [50], A hint of Maxwell's service to Israel was provided by John Loftus and Mark Aarons, who described Maxwell's contacts with Czechoslovak communist leaders in 1948 as crucial to the Czechoslovak decision to arm Israel in the 1948 ArabIsraeli War. Their funds were largely recovered thanks to a 100m government payout and a 276m out-of-court settlement with City institutions and the remnants of Robert Maxwells media group. Over the years, Cole had soaked up more punishment from Maxwell than almost anyone. She quit her post soon afterwards. St. Petersburg. The man of the people owned more than one club. Those closest to him claim he would never have taken his own life. Maxwell ordered enquiries to be made about the flat next door to Andreas home in Londons Docklands. [47], Maxwell was known to be litigious against those who would speak or write against him. In 1995, Kevin, Ian and two other former directors went on trial for conspiracy to defraud, but were unanimously acquitted by a 12-person jury the following year. The next day, Maxwell asked his press officer and general assistant Bob Cole to see him. Not only did his publishing empire fall, but his legacy as the "Man Who Saved the Mirror," his reputation for "storming a German machine-gun nest," his Citizen Kane-like stature, was deflated. Robert Maxwell is known as one of Britain's most powerful media magnates and most notorious fraudsters. He then tried to roll the body into a special basket. Its all a mistake, Maxwell said airily. The Salman Rushdie note to PEN America CEO that started backlash against Puffin for censorship of author's kids' books, 'We are on the right path': Warner Bros. They tend to be too independent. Swiss Bank owed 57 million was threatening to summon the Fraud Squad. WebRobert E. Maxwell (1935-1989) gravesite, tombstone photo and death date. Then he stood up and walked over to a window. Robert Maxwell pictured with his son Ian (left), who was taunted mercilessly by his siblings, and youngest son Kevin (right), who became Britain's biggest ever bankrupt when a 407million bankruptcy order was made against him. Thirty years on, his legacy is still being felt, says the author John Preston Skip If you enjoy what we do, please consider becoming a patron with a recurring monthly subscription of your choosing. He lost the fight. Watson was appalled. Photo: Sean here at a press conference today, Oct. 29, 1980 at Londons Ritz Hotel are (right) Mr. Rtoichi Sasakawa, Pres. I said, Bob, I really think you ought to come back to the party. , By way of a reply, Maxwell pulled up the legs of his trousers. [29] Maxwell purchased Macmillan Publishers, the American firm, for $2.6 billion in 1988. After Maxwell's death, the tapes remained in Pole's suitcase and were discovered by the researchers only in 2007. 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