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A Pittsburgh native, Richard Mellon Scaife was born in 1932, the son of Sarah Cordelia Mellon and Alan Magee Scaife. His mother was an alcoholic, and his upbringing has been described as cold and ...

An Allegheny County judge has approved a settlement in the long-running battle over a 1935 trust left to conservative philanthropist Richard Mellon Scaife. Common Pleas Judge Joseph K. Williams ...

July 4, 2014. Richard Mellon Scaife, a billionaire publisher whose philanthropy helped redefine the American right wing in the 1980s and 1990s and who helped underwrite a range of anti-liberal ...

But, fourth, Dick Scaife’s mother, Sarah (Mrs. Alan G. Scaife), the daughter of Richard Beatty Mellon, may well have been the greatest benefactor of art to Pittsburgh through the Carnegie. The greatest Impressionist paintings there (and they are world-class) were acquired by her from 1962 on, most notably the Claude Monet, “Water Lilies ...

Washington (CNN) -- Richard Mellon Scaife, the billionaire publisher and banking heir who financed conservative causes that included attempts to discredit Bill Clinton while he was president, has died. He was 82. Scaife's death on Friday followed his disclosure less than two months ago that he had terminal cancer,...