Posted on 04/16/2018 11:33:01 PM PDT by familyop
Banking heir and cryptocurrency bigwig Matthew Mellon has died, a representative for his family said in a statement.
Mellon, an early backer of global settlement network Ripple, was the ex-husband of Jimmy Choo guru Tamara Mellon and of designer Nicole Hanley, his second wife.
A rep said in a statement: “Billionaire Matthew Mellon, 53, died suddenly in Cancun, Mexico, where he was attending a drug rehabilitation facility. Mellon made his fortune in cryptocurrency, turning a $2 million investment into $1 billion. He is survived by his three children, Force, Olympia and Minty. The family asks that their privacy be respected at this very painful time.”
Mellon, a former chair of the New York Republican Party’s finance committee, had battled addiction.
In 2016, he told The Post, “OxyContin is like legal heroin. And it needs to be addressed,” while at a Malibu treatment center kicking a habit of $100,000 a month.
But he was in Forbes this year for his latest investments.
Tamara, who with Mellon had daughter Araminta, aka Minty, said in 2013, “He keeps fighting and coming back.”
Mellon and Nicole, parents of Force and Olympia, announced their split in 2015 after an attempted reconciliation.
Sounds like the Troy Phelan family in John Grisham’s “The Testament”.
He was using Oxy to come down from his $99,000 a month cocaine habit.
Cattle futures.
Drug rehab in Cancun, MX?
What could possibly go wrong?
Well....now we know....
He should have been executed for the names he pinned on his kids!
Bankster death bump for later.....
Barry made oodles of money and owns multiple mansions.
Selling a couple books that hardly anyone bought?
Stay in school kids.. or at least don’t release your college transcripts?
Steve Martin method.
“You too can be a millionaire and never pay taxes.
First, get a million dollars...”
And then, when the IRS comes to you to find out why you haven't been paying taxes, you just say:
"Well, excuuuuuuse meeee! I forgot ..."
What good is being a billionaire if living in pain and hooked on drugs ends your life prematurely?
Found it under the sofa cushions
And then you can “get small”
It’s leagal in several states now.
Good god, having that much money and an addiction to Oxy is a hell of a load.
I hope his family is well — and healthy.
“Where’d he get the 2 million?”
Mellon Family Patch
He named his kid “Minty”?
Yea, he was a doper. A rich one, but a doper none-the-less!
“Araminta, aka Minty”
No. That was her nickname. See reply #37.
I am sure the doctor has all the records the DEA will want when they come and ask who authorized this quantity of pills for one individual. He is not on your regular 10 or 20 mg Vicodin (AKA- normal hydrocodone) {about $25.00 for a 5 gallon bucket full}. This guy was probly hooked on ZoHydro {Over $500.00 for 60}. Time released, very effective at pain control, very addictive, and very very expensive.
Recent back surgery bumped me up to Zohydro after the cutting was done. It was harder kicking off the Zohydro than regular Vicodin, because they are really, REALLY REALLY GOOD at doing what they do.
If I hadnt got off them quick it would have been a very long road.
had recent surgery that was very very painful- and took two months to heal (had complications which led to more pain)- All they gave me was 5 mg oxy 6 times a day- while it helped- it wasn’t nearly effective enough to ease the pain to a tolerable amount- the pain was making me throw up it was so bad- but thanks to the big push against opioids- I was not able to get effective pain relief- (although was grateful for the oxy- it was better than no pain meds)
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