Born in 1938, John Eleuth ère du Pont was (as his character makes so painfully clear in the film) an heir of the du Pont family. Minor French Huguenot nobility, the du Ponts immigrated to America.. Du Pont was known for his eccentric behavior—claiming to have ghosts and spies in his mansion—but no one took him for a cold-blooded killer. On January 26, 1996, for reasons still unknown, du Pont killed Dave Schultz, a 1984 Olympic gold medalist who was training for the 1996 Atlanta games at the facility.

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The heir to the Du Pont fortune, John Du Pont, lived a life of neglect. Born on November 22nd, 1938, he was the youngest child living in Liseter Hall, his mother's mansion in Newton Square.. John du Pont (born November 22, 1938, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died December 9, 2010, Somerset, Pennsylvania) American philanthropist who supported amateur freestyle wrestling and who on January 26, 1996, shot and killed freestyle wrestler Dave Schultz, an Olympic gold medalist who lived and trained at du Pont's estate. Du Pont was convicted though found to be mentally ill, and he.