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Max Bell

Canadian newspaper publisher and businessman

PersonDied aged 59humanQ6794567

Born: October 13, 1912
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in Canadian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: July 19, 1972
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in Canadian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Regina
Place of death: Montreal
Citizenship: Canada
Education: McGill University

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George Maxwell Bell was a Canadian newspaper publisher, race horse owner and philanthropist. He was best known as the co-founder of FP Publications, Canada's largest newspaper syndicate in the 1960s. He built his newspaper empire after inheriting the Calgary Albertan, and its $500,000 debt, from his father in 1936. He repaid the debt by 1945 and proceeded to purchase papers across the country, including the Ottawa Journal and The Globe and Mail. Much of Bell's fortune was built on Alberta's burgeoning oil and gas industry. He formed several companies in the late 1940s which came to be worth millions of dollars when sold.

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Max Bell Centrebuilding in Calgary, Alberta

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Max
Family name: Bell

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