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- ↑ New Jersey Star Ledger: "Norma Wilentz Hess" April 22, 2010
- 1 2 New York Times: "Leon Hess, Who Built a Major Oil Company and Owned the Jets, Is Dead at 85" By GERALD ESKENAZI May 08, 1999
- ↑ "Susan E. Kessler Exchanges Vows With John Hess", New York Times, December 16, 1984
- ↑ Gilbert, Daniel; Lublin, Joann S. (10 May 2013). "Hess Chairman Cedes Title After 18 Years – WSJ.com". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
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