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George Skakel (/ ˈ s k eɪ. k ə l / SKAY-kel; July 16, 1892 – October 3, 1955) was an American businessman. He founded the Great Lakes Carbon Corporation, part of SGL Carbon , and was the father of Ethel Kennedy , the widow of Robert F. Kennedy .
Moxley was last seen alive spending time at the home of the Skakel family, across the street from her home in Belle Haven. Michael Skakel, also aged 15 at the time, was convicted in 2002 of murdering Moxley and was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.
Jul 17, 2006 · In 1938, George Skakel, a self-made millionaire and founder of the Great Lakes Carbon Corporation, paid Frances Simmons $160,000, a sum equal to about $2 million today, for a parcel of her estate...
George Skakel, 61, who lives in Greenwich and is chief executive of a consumer finance company, is convinced his cousin would have fared better without the national and international...
Jan 7, 2003 · Mr. Skakel took over the family business, Great Lakes Carbon, in the 1960's, after the deaths of his parents and his brother George Skakel Jr. in separate plane crashes.
Nov 20, 2013 · The Skakel fortune goes back to Michael’s paternal grandparents, George and Ann Skakel, who died in 1957 in a plane crash, after George had built the Great Lakes Carbon Corporation into a...
All four occupants were killed, among them George Skakel Sr., founder of Great Lakes Carbon Corporation and his wife Ann. Probable cause: The probable cause of this accident was the loss of the aircraft's empennage as a result of an in-flight fuel explosion in the aft section of the fuselage.
