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Gates' funeral was held on August 23, 1911, according to the New York Times.

He left a $40mm estate!

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John Warne Gates (May 18, 1855 – August 9, 1911), also known as "Bet-a-Million" Gates, was a pioneer promoter of barbed wire who became a Gilded Age industrialist. Gates was born in Winfield, Illinois and married Delora R. Baker of St. Charles, Illinois in 1874. The couple had one son, Charles Gilbert Gates. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warne_Gates

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Financier John W Gates, died in Paris, body brought to NY on Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse there are a series of NYT articles on his illness and death, died from pneumonia and kidney disease query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B03EEDF123AE6...

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Part of the festivities for the dedication of the Maine Monument in Central Park. May 30, 1913.

The New York Times has uploaded the article on the J W Gates funeral dated August 24, 1911. =)

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John Warne Gates (May 18, 1855 – August 9, 1911), also known as "Bet-a-Million" Gates, was an American Gilded Age industrialist, who was a pioneer promoter of barbed wire. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warne_Gates