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[edit] Doh

Well, even though he didn't disinherit people, the charity made in his name will be getting billions because people were disinherited. Heh, brainfart! TheKatK 00:30, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disinherited Paris

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22157701-1702,00.html It is unclear in this article if he only disinherited Paris, or if he disinherited everyone in some way. It says he's giving the money from the sales of the hotel chain to charity now, and that "He now doesn't want to leave unearned wealth to his family." but it does not specify that he just cut everyone off. At the least, this entry and Paris' entry will need to be updated. TheKatK 00:27, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Coming back to add the news article to the above. *blush* TheKatK 00:28, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


What were conrad hilton's last words?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.109.199.93 (talk • contribs)

[edit] poor paragraph

  • I think the following paragraph is not really necessary to include in this article:
He was a very successful businessman and an example of the prototypical American business tycoon. He ranks along with Henry Ford (mass production; automobiles), J. P. Morgan (finance), John D. Rockefeller (petroleum), Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (armament and chemicals), Walt Disney (entertainment), Howard Hughes (airplanes), Leland Stanford (railroads), Andrew Carnegie (steel), and Washington Duke (tobacco).

I would like to see some feedback from others. --MatthewUND June 28, 2005 07:50 (UTC)

    • I agree, I nuked it. --Golbez June 29, 2005 18:39 (UTC)
    • what were his contribution to the English language?? -- Achin Jain—Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.56.199.243 (talk • contribs)

San Antonio, Texas was always in Texas. The San Antonio in New Mexico Territory is now in the state of New Mexico. Someone should fix that!—Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.255.32.163 (talk • contribs)

What about the Conrad Hilton school of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston?

[edit] antisemitism

surely overt acts of antisemitism by a "humaitarian" leader are worthy of wiki, following npov: facts are rerported. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.137.141 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Removed section

I removed the following section:

  ==Antisemitism==
  See this url, which builds on the experience of Emma Lazarus, well known american poet
  www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1765836/posts

because it was totally un-encyclopedic in its format. If someone can investigate the reference and make a proper, encyclopedic text if it is ok, then please do so. -- Egil 16:43, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

A quick search of the text at that link reveals no references to Conrad Hilton whatsoever, but rather to a "Judge Henry Hilton". 74.10.73.253 (talk) 19:24, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

What awards did conrad win ur gay!

[edit] Too Trivial?

Lived on a farm from the beginning of March of '56 to mid March of '56 Is the fact that he lived on a farm for two weeks in the mid-50s remotely worthy of inclusion? He lived in a lot of places. 74.10.73.253 (talk) 19:21, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

I've removed the entire trivia section. --CPAScott (talk) 14:41, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Geneaology

In my opinion, there is too much geneaology in the biography section. Wikipedia is NOT a geneaological database. I suggest this section be restructured to discuss Hilton's importance and notability, not his family tree. --CPAScott (talk) 14:38, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Conrad Hilton was a very famous person and very successful in business. Giving this information about his background is not out of order. The problem I see is the first paragraph is one unreadable sentence. The information doesn't need to be removed - Wikipedia has lots of room to store it - but it could be further down in the article and it needs to be clearer. Wanderer57 (talk) 14:05, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Too much bio on his wives!

Looks like some 'royalty lovers' or 'genealogy freaks' have taken over! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.193.144.79 (talk) 03:51, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 'Natural causes' is not a cause of death

We have 93-year-old people who go to the gym, and other humans have lived as long as 120. Conrad died from specific causes, whether known or unknown. I wish I could put this in all the articles that use this 'nonsense' term. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.193.144.79 (talk) 04:00, 31 March 2008 (UTC)