Griffith Jenkins Griffith was a Welsh-born American industrialist and philanthropist.
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Griffith Jenkins Griffith was a Welsh-born American industrialist and philanthropist. After amassing a significant fortune from a mining syndicate in the 1880s, Griffith donated 3,015 acres (1,220 ha) to the City of Los Angeles that became Griffith Park, and he bequeathed the money to build the park's Greek Theatre and Griffith Observatory. Griffith's legacy was marred by his notorious shooting of his wife in 1903, a crime for which he served a year and nine months in prison.
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Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1850 to 1919 · aged 69
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