Talk:J. Paul Getty/Archives/2017

LA playboy? Dad said he would destroy family company?

I removed this statement, uncited for 2+ years.

In 1917, he announced that he was retiring to become a Los Angeles-based playboy, [citation needed|date=December 2014] and took a few years off from the money-making grind to enjoy spending his earnings on women.

This one sounds very unlikely. Joke add?

Also noted: George almost disinherited J. Paul over his his succession of marriages and divorces, and

Just before he died in 1930, George Franklin Getty said that Jean Paul would ultimately destroy the family company. [citation needed|date=December 2016],

--which I left in as a source has just been requested. I see we cite 4 biographies, so surely someone can look to see if these two claims are supported. TIA, --Pete Tillman (talk) 21:11, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Fortune 'didn't come easily'

Associates identified his overall wealth at between $2 billion and $4 billion. It didn't come easily...

This statement needs support. What exactly were the obstacles? Valetude (talk) 22:50, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Death

The article says he died in "Surrey, England." but the box on the right (I forgot the name of this sorry) says "Died June 6, 1976 (aged 83) Sutton Place, New York, US, UA" What is it? 168.229.186.1 (talk) 14:15, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

@Valetude: How very odd that a country estate in England should be confused with a short avenue in New York as a wikilink. Wikilinkers really should be more careful. Further, I am not sure that I trust Find A Grave as a reliable source. However, their already was a reliable source in the article (an obituary in the New York Times) that specifies that the Sutton Place in question, is indeed, the country estate in Surrey, England. I have expanded the Death section to be more specific about where Sutton Place is, and added the New York Times obit as a reference for the place of death. Then I corrected the infobox. Thank you for pointing out this discrepancy. Shortsword (talk) 20:25, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

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