| Walter Annenberg  AKA Walter Hubert Annenberg
Born: 13-Mar-1908
Birthplace: Milwaukee, WI
Died: 1-Oct-2002
Location of death: Wynnewood, PA
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, Annenberg Estate, Rancho Mirage, CA
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Media mogul, created TV Guide Military service: US Naval Reserve Creator of TV Guide, also owned Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper, and magazines Daily Racing Form and Seventeen. A philanthropist in later life. He and his father Moses were both indicted for tax evasion in 1939, and the elder Annenberg plead guilty (and served time in prison) in exchange for charges being dropped against his son. Walter reimbursed the treasury towards the very end of his life the sum of over $3 million. Father: Moses L. Annenberg ("Moe", d. Jun-1942, brain cancer)
Mother: Sarah Cecelia Annenberg ("Sadie")
Sister: Enid Annenberg Haupt (b. 13-May-1906, d. 25-Oct-2005)
Sister: Evelyn Hall
Wife: Veronica Dunkelman ("Ronnie", m. 1938, div. 1950, one son, one daughter)
Son: Roger (d. 7-Aug-1962 suicide with sleeping pills)
Daughter: Wallis
Wife: Leonore Annenberg ("Lee", b. 1918, m. 1951, d. 2009, two stepdaughters)
Daughter: Diane Deshong (stepdaughter)
Daughter: Elizabeth Kabler (stepdaughter)
High School: Peddie School, Hightstown, NJ (1927)
University: University of Pennsylvania (1931)
TV Guide Founder
Seventeen Founder
The Philadelphia Inquirer Editor and Publisher
US Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1969-74)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow
American Philosophical Society 1990
Annenberg Foundation Founder
Bush-Cheney 2000
Dreier for Congress Committee
Elizabeth Dole Committee
George W. Bush for President
National Press Club
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Newcomen Society of the United States
Nixon Center Advisory Council
Pilgrims Society
Santorum 2000
US English
Sigma Delta Chi Honor Society
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art Trustee
French Legion of Honor
Presidential Medal of Freedom 12-May-1986
Knight of the British Empire Honorary
Officer of the British Empire Honorary
Peabody May-1989
National Medal of Arts 1993
Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal 1994
Order of St. Gregory 1998
Hip Replacement Surgery 1977
Tax Evasion indicted 1939, paid $3,360,000 in back taxes 2001
Jewish Ancestry
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