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Generoso Pope Jr. (Generoso Paul Pope Jr.) was born on 13 January, 1927, is an American businessman (1927–1988). Discover Generoso Pope Jr.'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

Popular As Generoso Paul Pope Jr.
Occupation Newspaper publisher
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 13 January 1927
Birthday 13 January
Birthplace N/A
Date of death 2 October, 1988
Died Place Manalapan, Florida, U.S.
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Who Is Generoso Pope Jr.'s Wife?

His wife is Patricia McManus Edith Moore Lois Berrodin

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Parents Generoso Pope
Wife Patricia McManus Edith Moore Lois Berrodin
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Children 2 sons, 2 daughters

Generoso Pope Jr. Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1927

Generoso Paul "Gene" Pope Jr. (1927–1988) was an American media mogul, best known for creating The National Enquirer as it is known today.

Pope was born on January 13, 1927.

His father, Generoso Pope, was a New York political powerbroker and quarry magnate whose Italian-American newspaper interests included the Corriere d'America and the daily Il Progresso Italo-Americano.

Generoso Pope Sr. is said to have had ties to New York crime boss Frank Costello, and at the birth of his son asked Costello to be the godfather.

Pope was educated at the Horace Mann School.

1946

He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned at age 19 a bachelor's degree in general engineering in 1946.

Pope took over the daily operations of the Il Progresso Italo-Americano at the age of 21.

1950

He worked for the CIA's psychological warfare unit in 1950.

Pope worked tirelessly throughout the 1950s and 1960s to increase the circulation of the Enquirer.

1951

Pope married his first wife, Patricia McManus, in 1951.

After the birth of their son, Generoso Pope III, she fell into a deep postpartum depression and was ultimately diagnosed as schizophrenic.

1952

Pope acquired the New York Enquirer in 1952 for $75,000.

The Enquirer purchase was supposedly made, in part, with a loan from Costello.

1954

In 1954, Pope revamped the format from a broadsheet to a tabloid, and renamed it The National Enquirer.

1961

In 1961, Pope divorced McManus and married Edith Moore, a former model; when McManus heard the news, she committed suicide.

1965

Pope and Moore had a daughter, Gina, and divorced in 1965.

1967

In the late 50s and through to 1967, it was known for its gory and unsettling headlines and stories such as "I Cut Out Her Heart and Stomped On It" (Sept. 8, 1963, the true story of the April 1963 mutilation murder of former Olympic Skier Sonja McCaskie) & "Mom Boiled Her Baby And Ate Her" (1962).

At this time the paper was sold on newsstands and in drugstores only — as the gory headlines would not have been allowed in family supermarkets, etc. Pope stated he got the idea for the format and these gory stories from seeing people congregate around auto accidents.

After 1967, Pope tempered the use of gory headlines so the tabloid could be sold in more family-friendly environments such as at supermarket check-out lines, which Henry Dormann paved the way for by visiting with supermarket executives.

That same year, he married his third wife, Lois Berrodin, and had two children, Paul (b. 1967) and Lorraine (b. 1972); he also adopted Lois' two daughters, Michele and Maria.

Rumors of Mafia connections dogged him his whole life.

Pope lived in a self-designed beachfront home in Manalapan, Florida.

Pope suffered a heart attack at the age of 61 at his Manalapan mansion and died en route to the hospital — in an ambulance that he had donated to the town.

He was interred at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery in Royal Palm Beach, Florida.

His widow Lois remains a well-known South Florida philanthropist, specializing in medical research, humanitarian relief, and the performing arts.

1970

This new sales strategy proved to be a huge boon for sales; single-copy sales of some issues (e.g. Elvis in his coffin) peaked above six million in the 1970s.

1971

Pope moved the Enquirer from New York to Lantana, Florida, in 1971.

From 1971 to 1988 during the holiday season, Pope put up a large decorated Christmas tree, which towered over the corporate headquarters of the National Enquirer in Lantana and at times was considered the largest such tree in the world.

1988

This tradition was discontinued after Pope died in 1988.

1989

By the time of Pope's death, his GP Group, in addition to The National Enquirer, included Weekly World News and a magazine distributor, Distribution Services Inc. It was sold in 1989 by his heirs to the company that would become American Media.