Conrad Hilton Jr. was the eldest son of Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton. He was an American businessman, hotel heir, and socialite. He was the chairman and director of the executive committee of the Hilton International Company. He appeared in documentary movies and series aired on television.
He was featured in the Kevin Connor directed television movie Liz, the Elizabeth Taylor Story. He died on February 5, 1969, at the age of 42 from a heart attack due to alcoholism and was buried in the holy cross cemetery in Culver City, California.
Personal Life of Conrad Hilton Jr
Conrad Nicholson Hilton Jr. was born on July 6 1926 in Dallas, Texas to Mary and Conrad Hilton the founder of Hilton Hotels. He had three siblings Barron, Eric, and Francesca. He joined the Navy after dropping out of Loyola University in Los Angeles as he didn’t want to join the family business.
His father took him to Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland where he was suspended for six months. He took over as the manager of Bel Air Hotel and vice president of the Hilton Corporation. He then became the director of the executive committee of the Hilton International Company.
He dated several Hollywood stars like Betsy von Furstenberg, Terry Moore, Jeanne Carmen, Mamie Van Doren. Hilton married Elizabeth Taylor after meeting her at the Mocambo night club in Los Angeles. They had a grand wedding in 1950 at the church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills but unfortunately separated in less than a year due to Hiltons drinking, gambling, abusive behavior and heroin addiction. They lost their first pregnancy as Taylor had a miscarriage due to domestic violence.
It was rumored that he had an affair with his step mother Zsa Zsa Gabor while she was still married to his father. Hilton married an oil heiress from Oklahoma Patricia McClintock in 1958 and had two sons Conrad Nocholas Hilton III and Michael Otis Hilton. She filed for a divorce in 1964 as Hilton had become an addict of hard liquor and sleeping pills and had become ore abusive physically and mentally.
He died before the divorce but the couple had separated. Hilton had an alcohol problem and died from a heart attack on 5th February 1969.
Details of Conrad Hilton Jr Father Conrad Nicholson Hilton
Hilton jr. father Conrad Hilton formed the Hilton International Company and Hilton Hotels Corporation. He owned a credit card company and a total of 188 hotels in 38 cities including the Mayflower Hotel, Palmer House and Plaza Hotel, and 54 hotels abroad. His younger son William Barron inherited 4 million shares in the hotel corporation having being a chief executive officer, chairman and then president of Hilton hotels corporation.
He was a founder of American Football League. His other son Eric Michael was a philanthropist, hotelier and manager of Shamrock Hilton. He died in 2019 at the age of 91. Hilton Jr step sister Constance Francesca Gabor Hilton was featured on films like A Safe Place and The Gravy Train, a photographer at the Hilton foundation and a comedian in West Hollywood. He was married twice with his first marriage to Mary in 1925 and had three sons but broke up in 1934. In 1942 he married Zsa Zsa Gabor a Hungarian socialite and had a daughter Francesca but divorced due to both cheating allegations and Conrad’s temper and drug problem. He died in 1979.
