Billionaire banking heir Matthew Mellon dies in rehab, aged 54 Matthew Mellon, the billionaire banking heir and cryptocurrency investor whose British ex-wife founded Jimmy Choo, has died at a drug rehabilitation centre in Mexico. The 54-year-old socialite was a descendant of two of America’s great banking dynasties and had faced a lengthy battle with drug addiction. Mr Mellon “died suddenly in Cancun, Mexico, where he was attending a drug rehabilitation facility”, family representative on Tuesday. The serial entrepreneur inherited $25 million (£17 million) when he turned 21 – the first of 14…
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