Adolph Coors III

Adolph Coors III

Adolph Coors III (January 12, 1916February 9, 1960), was the grandson of Adolph Coors and heir to the Coors beer empire. On February 9, 1960, he was kidnapped and murdered on his way to work by Joseph Corbett, Jr. in Colorado. In September, the remains of Coors were found by hunters in a remote area around Pike's Peak. The subject of national manhunt, Corbett was captured in Vancouver, British Columbia in October of that year. cite book |last=Baum |first=Dan |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Citizen Coors: An American Dynasty |year=2000 |publisher=HarperCollins |quote= | url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0756758114 |isbn=0756758114 ]

Coors was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Like most of his family, including brother Joseph Coors, Adolph graduated from Cornell University, where he was president of the Quill and Dagger society.

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