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Billionaire banking heir Matthew Mellon dies in rehab facility
The New York Post ^ | April 16, 2018 | Ian Mohr

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2018; 201804; addiction; bankerscoin; banking; billionaire; billionaires; cancun; corruption; cryptocurrency; drugs; isolatedincidents; jimmychoo; localnews; marijuana; matthewmellon; mellon; mellonbank; mexico; nicolehanley; opioids; oxycontin; rehab; republicans; ripple; slavery; tamaramellon
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To: familyop

Sounds like the Troy Phelan family in John Grisham’s “The Testament”.


21 posted on 04/17/2018 4:24:21 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: Bob434
[[kicking a habit of $100,000 a month.]] Dang that’s a lot of oxy for one individual

He was using Oxy to come down from his $99,000 a month cocaine habit.

22 posted on 04/17/2018 4:40:26 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Apparently I voted demoncrat for 40 years. They all wore 'R' jerseys! 'R'atpublicans!)
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To: BenLurkin
Where’d he get the 2 million?

Cattle futures.

23 posted on 04/17/2018 4:52:34 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: familyop

Drug rehab in Cancun, MX?

What could possibly go wrong?

Well....now we know....


24 posted on 04/17/2018 5:01:41 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: familyop

He should have been executed for the names he pinned on his kids!


25 posted on 04/17/2018 5:12:05 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (The Democrats in California want another civil war over cheap labor!)
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To: familyop

Bankster death bump for later.....


26 posted on 04/17/2018 5:12:09 AM PDT by indthkr
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To: a fool in paradise

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?


27 posted on 04/17/2018 5:16:15 AM PDT by Leep (Make The Swamp Small Again!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Steve Martin method.
“You too can be a millionaire and never pay taxes.
First, get a million dollars...”


28 posted on 04/17/2018 5:18:51 AM PDT by Leep (Make The Swamp Small Again!)
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To: Fai Mao
;)
29 posted on 04/17/2018 5:19:55 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: Leep
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 ..."

30 posted on 04/17/2018 5:20:37 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Come Hell or High Water - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQNUp9rgjNs&feature=youtu.be)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

What good is being a billionaire if living in pain and hooked on drugs ends your life prematurely?


31 posted on 04/17/2018 5:24:47 AM PDT by tflabo (Varmints)
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To: BenLurkin
Where’d he get the 2 million?

Found it under the sofa cushions

32 posted on 04/17/2018 5:27:35 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: BlueLancer

And then you can “get small”

It’s leagal in several states now.


33 posted on 04/17/2018 5:36:38 AM PDT by Leep (Make The Swamp Small Again!)
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To: familyop

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.


34 posted on 04/17/2018 6:27:03 AM PDT by CharleysPride (The Federal Jihad against Marijuana is over. Thank you, President Trump.)
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To: BenLurkin

“Where’d he get the 2 million?”

Mellon Family Patch


35 posted on 04/17/2018 6:30:12 AM PDT by CharleysPride (The Federal Jihad against Marijuana is over. Thank you, President Trump.)
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To: familyop

He named his kid “Minty”?
Yea, he was a doper. A rich one, but a doper none-the-less!


36 posted on 04/17/2018 6:48:56 AM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: Fai Mao

“Araminta, aka Minty”


37 posted on 04/17/2018 7:34:55 AM PDT by ELS
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To: 9422WMR
He named his kid “Minty”?

No. That was her nickname. See reply #37.

38 posted on 04/17/2018 7:47:22 AM PDT by ELS
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To: Bob434

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.


39 posted on 04/17/2018 8:13:38 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Delta 21

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)


40 posted on 04/17/2018 9:19:26 AM PDT by Bob434
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