Donald Breckenridge
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Donald Breckenridge was founder and president of Breckenridge Hotels Corporation. Over the course of 43 years, he oversaw the building of 43 hotels in 11 US states, including the Breckenridge Pavilion, now the Pavilion Hotel, in St. Louis, Missouri
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He was a board member of more than 30 civic organizations, including the Variety Club, the local Muscular Dystrophy Association
and the St. Louis Visitors and Convention Commission.
He died at the age of 73 on 30 November 2005, one year after being diagnosed with lung cancer
. He was survived by his wife of 35 years, Diane Breckenridge, their six (6) children and thirteen (13) grandchildren.
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
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He was a board member of more than 30 civic organizations, including the Variety Club, the local Muscular Dystrophy Association
Muscular Dystrophy Association
The Muscular Dystrophy Association is an American organization which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating health professionals and the general public...
and the St. Louis Visitors and Convention Commission.
He died at the age of 73 on 30 November 2005, one year after being diagnosed with lung cancer
Lung cancer
Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
. He was survived by his wife of 35 years, Diane Breckenridge, their six (6) children and thirteen (13) grandchildren.