- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJán Ludvík Hoch
- Nickname
- Cap'n Bob
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- Robert Maxwell was born on June 10, 1923 in Slatinské Doly, Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslovakia. He was a producer and actor, known for Schwanensee (1966), Tetris (1984) and Gray's Inn: A Fountain of Justice (1982). He was married to Elisabeth Maxwell. He died on November 5, 1991 in Atlantic Ocean.
- SpouseElisabeth Maxwell(March 15, 1945 - November 5, 1991) (his death, 9 children)
- Children
- UK-based book and newspaper publisher. He bought companies including Pergamon Press (in 1951) and Mirror Group Newspapers (in 1984).
- Robert Maxwell with his wife Elisabeth Maxwell had 9 children: Michael (1946, died 1967 aged 15), Philip (1948), Ann (1949), twins Christine & Isabel Maxwell (Aug 16 1951), Karine (1954, died 1957), Ian (1956), Kevin Maxwell (1959) and Ghislaine Maxwell (Dec 25 1961). Karine died of leukemia aged 3, whilst Michael, his eldest son, died after nearly 7 years in a coma following a car accident in 1961 when he was severely injured, thereafter never regaining consciousness.
- Maxwell's luxury yacht, "Lady Ghislaine," was named after his daughter Ghislaine Maxwell.
- Frequently the subject of jokes in early episodes of satirical BBC news quiz Have I Got News for You (1990), as he had taken out several lawsuits against panelist Ian Hislop. In the first broadcast after his death, host Angus Deayton explained that the acronym OWLS meant a person who was "Older With Less Stress," cryptically adding, "Which is Ian this week." In a later episode, Deayton asked about Maxwell's fatal fall from his yacht, "Was he pushed? We may never care".
- His entire family was murdered in the gas chambers to Auschwitz save for two sisters.
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