‘She Loved Atlanta’: Newspaper Heiress, Diplomat, Philanthropist Anne Cox Chambers Dies At 100

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January 31st, 2020

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Anne Cox Chambers’ father founded Cox Enterprises Inc., the privately held company that includes The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Her support of former President Jimmy Carter won her an appointment as U.S. ambassador to Belgium in 1977. She also was well known for her charitable giving and served on the boards of the Atlanta Arts Alliance and the High Museum of Art among other institutions. (Thibault Camus / Associated Press)

Updated at 10 a.m. Friday

Anne Cox Chambers, a newspaper heiress, diplomat and philanthropist who was one of the country’s richest women, has died at the age of 100.

Her nephew James Cox Kennedy announced her death to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, her company’s flagship newspaper.

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