Editing H. L. Hunt (section)

==Personal life==
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H. L. Hunt had fifteen children by three wives.

He and Lyda Bunker of [[Lake Village, Arkansas|Lake Village]], southeast of [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas]] were married in November 1914 and remained married until her death in 1955.<ref>Brown, pp. 40 & 191.</ref> His seven children by her were: [[Margaret Hunt Hill|Margaret]] (1915–2007), Haroldson ("Hassie", 1917–2005), [[Caroline Rose Hunt|Caroline]] (1923–2018), Lyda (born and died in 1925), [[Nelson Bunker Hunt|Nelson Bunker]] (1926–2014), [[William Herbert Hunt|William Herbert]] (1929–2024), and [[Lamar Hunt|Lamar]] (1932–2006). Their home on [[White Rock Lake]] in Dallas was styled after [[Mount Vernon]] though much larger.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/dallas-tx/william-hunt-11766202|access-date=April 12, 2024 |title=William Hunt Obituary - Dallas, TX }}</ref>

His first son, Hassie, who was expected to succeed him in control of the family business, was [[lobotomy|lobotomized]] in response to increasingly erratic behavior. He outlived his father. Lamar founded the [[American Football League]] and created the [[Super Bowl]], drawing on the assistance of his children in selecting the game's name. Two other children, Herbert and Bunker, are famous for their purchasing much of the world's silver, in an attempt to corner the market. They ultimately owned more silver than any government in the world before their scheme was discovered and undone. Bunker Hunt was briefly one of the wealthiest men in the world, having discovered and taken title to the Libyan oil fields, before [[Muammar Gaddafi]] nationalized the properties.

While still married to Lyda, H. L. Hunt is said to have married Frania Tye of [[Tampa, Florida]], 
in November 1925 by using the name Franklin Hunt. Frania claimed to have discovered the bigamous nature of her marriage in 1934, and in a legal settlement in 1941, Hunt created trust funds for each of their four children, and she signed a document stipulating that no legal marriage between them had ever existed. About the same time, she briefly married then divorced Hunt's employee, John Lee, taking the last name Lee for herself and her four children.<ref>Brown, pp. 78–79 & 156–157.</ref> Her four children by Hunt were: Howard (born 1926), Haroldina (1928), Helen (1930), and Hugh ("Hue", 1934). Frania Tye Lee died in 2002.<ref>Burrough, p. 437.</ref>

Hunt supported and had children by Ruth Ray of [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]] to the northwest of [[Alexandria, Louisiana]], whom he had met when she was a secretary in his Shreveport office. They married in 1957 after the death of Hunt's wife Lyda. His four children by her were [[Ray Lee Hunt|Ray Lee]] (born 1943), [[June Hunt|June]] (1944), [[Helen LaKelly Hunt|Helen]] (1949), and [[Swanee Hunt|Swanee]] (1950).<ref>Brown, pp. 192–193.</ref> His youngest son, Ray Lee, inherited the business and was a major supporter of President [[George W. Bush]].

H. L.'s 15 children in birth order are:
# [[Margaret Hunt Hill]] (October 19, 1915 – June 14, 2007), Philanthropist and co-owner of [[Hunt Petroleum]] 
# H. L. "Hassie" Hunt III (November 23, 1917 – April 20, 2005), Diagnosed with [[schizophrenia]] in the early 1940s; co-owner of Hunt Petroleum
# [[Caroline Rose Hunt]] (January 8, 1923 – November 13, 2018), Founder and honorary chairman of [[Rosewood Hotels & Resorts]] which operates The Mansion on Turtle Creek
# Lyda Bunker Hunt (February 19, 1925 – March 20, 1925) (Died as an infant)
# [[Nelson Bunker Hunt]] (February 22, 1926 – October 21, 2014), A major force in developing Libyan oil field; eventually attempted to [[cornering the market|corner the world market]] in silver in 1979 and was convicted of conspiring to manipulate the market; Legendary owner-breeder <ref>[http://files.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=2142 Nelson Bunker Hunt biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923193344/http://files.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=2142 |date=September 23, 2015 }}, [[National Thoroughbred Racing Association]].</ref> of [[Thoroughbred]] racehorses
# Howard Lee Hunt (October 25, 1926 – October 13, 1975)
# Haroldina Franch Hunt (October 26, 1928 – November 10, 1995)
# [[William Herbert Hunt]] (March 6, 1929 – April 9, 2024), Ran Hunt Oil, Hunt Petroleum, Hunt Energy, Placid Oil, etc.; The founder of Petro-Hunt LLC
# Helen Lee Cartledge Hunt (October 28, 1930 – June 3, 1962), Died in the [[Air France Flight 007]] disaster, the worst single aircraft disaster up until that time
# [[Lamar Hunt]] (August 2, 1932 – December 13, 2006), co-founder of the [[American Football League]] and the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]]; owner of the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] of the [[National Football League]]; owner of the [[Columbus Crew]] and [[FC Dallas]] of [[Major League Soccer]]; backer of [[World Championship Tennis]]; impetus behind 1966 AFL-NFL merger, coined the name "[[Super Bowl]]"
# Hugh S. Hunt (October 14, 1934 – November 12, 2002), Lived in [[Potomac, Maryland]], founder of Constructivist Foundation
# [[Ray Lee Hunt]] (born ''c.'' 1943), Chairman of [[Hunt Oil]]
# [[June Hunt]] (born ''c.'' 1944), Host of a daily religious radio show, ''Hope for the Heart''
# [[Helen LaKelly Hunt]] (born ''c.'' 1949), A pastoral counselor in Dallas; co-manager of the Hunt Alternatives Fund, one of the family's charitable arms
# [[Swanee Hunt]] (born May 1, 1950), Former U.S. [[Ambassador (diplomacy)|ambassador]] to Austria; now head of the Women and Public Policy Program at the [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] and president of the Hunt Alternatives Fund

A scandal emerged in 1975, after his death, when it was discovered that he had a hidden [[bigamy|bigamous]] relationship with his second wife living in New York.<ref name="HOT: Hunt">Palmer, Jerrell Dean. [https://archive.today/20210812075607/https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hunt-haroldson-lafayette "Hunt, Haroldson Lafayette."] In: ''[[Handbook of Texas|Handbook of Texas Online]]''. [[Texas State Historical Association]]. Archived from [https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hunt-haroldson-lafayette the original.]</ref>
  
After his marriage to Ruth Ray, Hunt became a [[Baptists|Baptist]] and was a member of the [[First Baptist Church (Dallas)|First Baptist Church of Dallas]].<ref>Porterfield, Bill. [https://archive.today/20210812080617/https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/h-l-hunts-long-goodbye/amp/ "H.L. Hunt's Long Goodbye."] ''[[Texas Monthly]]'' (February 28, 1975). Archived from [https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/h-l-hunts-long-goodbye/amp/ the original.]</ref> He was a major financial contributor toward the establishment of the conservative [[Christians|Christian]] evangelical [[Criswell College]] in Dallas.

After several months at [[Baylor University Medical Center|Baylor Hospital]] in Dallas, Hunt died at age 85,<ref name=huobtlm>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S5dfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2318%2C8063543 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Billionaire H.L. Hunt
|date=November 30, 1974 |page=1A}}</ref><ref name=bhsum>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-glaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cUsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1858%2C5256985 |work=Victoria Advocate |location=(Texas) |agency=(Washington Post) |last=Weil |first=Martin |title=Billionaire Hunt succumbs |date=November 30, 1974 |page=1A}}</ref> and was buried in [[Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery]] in Dallas.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com/2016/09/20/ghosts-sparkman-hillcrest-mickey-mantle-mary-kay-ash-h-l-hunt/ | title=Ghosts of Sparkman-Hillcrest: Mickey Mantle, Mary Kay Ash and H.L. Hunt | work=The Advocate | date=20 September 2016 | accessdate=18 June 2023 | author=Charrier, Emily}}</ref> [[Haela Hunt-Hendrix]], who formed the transcendental [[black metal]] band [[Liturgy (band)|Liturgy]], is his grandchild.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/media/MediaManager/hunt_tree_lr.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 13, 2020 |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617004019/https://www.dmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/media/MediaManager/hunt_tree_lr.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> H. L. Hunt served as inspiration behind the character [[J. R. Ewing]] from the television show ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/hunt/?sh=554392d3275f |title=Forbes Profile: The Hunt family |website=[[Forbes]] |access-date=June 13, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>