Oil heiress, philanthropist Caroline Rose Hunt dies

Published 3:40 am Thursday, November 15, 2018

CAROLINE HUNT is shown at the entrance to the dining room at the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas on Feb. 27, 2009. Hunt, a philanthropist, luxury hotel magnate and daughter of Texas oilman H.L. Hunt, died Tuesday in Dallas after suffering a stroke on Oct. 31, according to family spokesman Andy Stern. She was 95.

DALLAS (AP) — Caroline Rose Hunt, a philanthropist, luxury hotel magnate and daughter of Texas oilman H.L. Hunt, has died at age 95.

Family spokesman Andy Stern says Hunt suffered a stroke Oct. 31 and died Tuesday in Dallas. Services are pending.



Hunt’s wildcatter father provided a trust for her and the operating company was The Rosewood Corporation in Dallas. Caroline Rose Hunt founded Rosewood Hotels & Resorts in 1979, which operated The Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas. The company was sold in 2011 to New World Hospitality, now known as Rosewood Hotel Group.

Hunt married twice. She had five children, 19 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

She had 14 siblings including sports tycoon and Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, who died in 2006, and oil executive Nelson Bunker Hunt, who died in 2014.

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