Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate mogul (The Hershey Chocolate Company), dies at the age of 86 in 1945.
American philanthropist and industrialist who established the Hershey Chocolate Corporation and popularized chocolate confectionery throughout most of the world. On October 13, 1945, at the age of 88, Hershey died of pneumonia in Hershey Hospital. Hershey is buried on Laudermilch Rd in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in Hershey Cemetery, which he constructed.
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