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Richard Dunhill, petit fils du fondateur de la "Alfred Dunhill Ltd" est décédé le 26 août 2016, à l'âge de 89 ans, après y avoir travaillé durant 68 ans. Il est entré dans l'entreprise en 1948, y a travaillé en tant que directeur durant 28 ans puis PDG pendant 27 ans, supervisant ce colosse de taille mondiale, entreprise verticalement intégrée, fournisseur de tout premier ordre d' "articles pour fumeurs" et de produits de luxe depuis plus d'un siècle : ses produits sont disponibles dans 21 pays, dans plus de 100 boutiques de détail, dont 70 sont des boutiques Dunhill. Cette marque est si reconnue à l'international qu'entre 1924 et 2005 sept livres ont été publiés sur son histoire et sur sa production éclectique.  
Richard Dunhill, petit fils du fondateur de la "Alfred Dunhill Ltd" est décédé le 26 août 2016, à l'âge de 89 ans, après y avoir travaillé durant 68 ans. Il est entré dans l'entreprise en 1948, y a travaillé en tant que directeur durant 28 ans puis PDG pendant 27 ans, supervisant ce colosse de taille mondiale, entreprise verticalement intégrée, fournisseur de tout premier ordre d' "articles pour fumeurs" et de produits de luxe depuis plus d'un siècle : ses produits sont disponibles dans 21 pays, dans plus de 100 boutiques de détail, dont 70 sont des boutiques Dunhill. Cette marque est si reconnue à l'international qu'entre 1924 et 2005 sept livres ont été publiés sur son histoire et sur sa production éclectique.  


The following information is in the public domain. Richard was a past master of the Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders, an honorary member of the International Academy of the Pipe, and the British Pipesmokers’ Council “Pipe Smoker of the Year” in 2002. He was a philanthropist, endowing the Alfred Dunhill Links Foundation, a charity that raises funds for worthy causes, including prostate cancer research. He was an innovator, inspiring different companion and Seven-Day, special-event, and one-of-a-kind briars, such as the $3.5M Eiffel Tower pipe, bordered in gold, diamonds, sapphires, and rubies. He conceived The Fellowship of White Spot, a free newsletter about the history and heritage of the Dunhill pipe.  
L'information qui suit est du domaine public. Richard fut un ancien maître de la Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders (Honorable Compagnie des fabricants de pipes et de Tabac), membre honoraire de l'Académie Internationale de la Pipe, et "Fumeur de l'Année 2002" du British Pipesmokers' Council (Conseil des Fumeurs de Pipes Britanniques). C'était un philanthrope, qui subventionnait  la Alfred Dunhill Links Foundation, un organisme de charité qui lève des fonds pour de nobles causes, y compris la recherche sur le cancer de la prostate. C'était un innovateur, source d'inspiration pour divers ensembles de pipes tels  "companions" ou ""Seven-Day", des évènements spéciaux ou des pièces uniques telle la pipe Tour Eiffel de 3,5 M$, bordée d'or, de diamants, saphirs et rubis. Il a imaginé la Confrérie du White Spot (Fellowship of White Spot) un bulletin d'information gratuit sur l'histoire et le patrimoine de la pipe Dunhill.  


But I got to know Richard as a man, not as an industry magnate. My association with the Dunhills began in the late 1960s while in Argentina. I had received an unexpected gift, an autographed copy of the first reprint of The Pipe Book: “To Major Benjamin Rapaport, with sincere regards, Alfred [H.] Dunhill.” While in London in 1982, I sought an audience with Richard to return the favor with a copy of my book, A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes and, selfishly, to learn more about the vast private collection of antique pipes and tobacco books I had read about. (Ten years later, Richard reciprocated with a copy of Alfred Dunhill, One Hundred Years and More.) The gesture of a gift, and the fact that his wife was Argentine, and I had met my wife in Buenos Aires, broke the ice. He was engaging, self-effacing, and effusive in our informal chat. I still remember his view on smoking: “Tobacco is like salt. Too much will kill you, none at all is bad for you, and the right amount is beneficial.” I learned that his passions were gardening and backgammon, and that he had a deep affection for the history of the pipe in all its forms, what his grandfather had begun in the 1920s: assembling an exceptional collection of antique smoking utensils and an impressive library of early tracts, treatises, and chap books on tobacco. He often attended London auctions to snag the occasional antique pipe to add to the collection.  
But I got to know Richard as a man, not as an industry magnate. My association with the Dunhills began in the late 1960s while in Argentina. I had received an unexpected gift, an autographed copy of the first reprint of The Pipe Book: “To Major Benjamin Rapaport, with sincere regards, Alfred [H.] Dunhill.” While in London in 1982, I sought an audience with Richard to return the favor with a copy of my book, A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes and, selfishly, to learn more about the vast private collection of antique pipes and tobacco books I had read about. (Ten years later, Richard reciprocated with a copy of Alfred Dunhill, One Hundred Years and More.) The gesture of a gift, and the fact that his wife was Argentine, and I had met my wife in Buenos Aires, broke the ice. He was engaging, self-effacing, and effusive in our informal chat. I still remember his view on smoking: “Tobacco is like salt. Too much will kill you, none at all is bad for you, and the right amount is beneficial.” I learned that his passions were gardening and backgammon, and that he had a deep affection for the history of the pipe in all its forms, what his grandfather had begun in the 1920s: assembling an exceptional collection of antique smoking utensils and an impressive library of early tracts, treatises, and chap books on tobacco. He often attended London auctions to snag the occasional antique pipe to add to the collection.  

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