caption resting_place death_date death_place children nationality parents birth_date alma_mater residence spouse image article_title education name occupation death_cause
billy woodward with his wife ann woodlawn cemetery 30 october 1955 oyster bay , new york , u.s. 2 american william cryder woodward , sr. elizabeth ogden `` elsie '' 12 june 1920 harvard university oyster bay , new york ann crowell 1943 1955 -lrb- his death -rrb- william wife ann.jpg `` billy '' woodward , jr. and his william woodward , jr. .
 groton school william woodward , jr. . banker , horse breeder gunshot
william woodward , jr. .

william `` billy '' woodward , jr. -lrb- june 12 , 1920 -- october 31 , 1955 -rrb- was the heir to the hanover national bank fortune -lrb- later manufacturer 's hanover -rrb- , the belair estate and stud farm and legacy , and a leading figure in racing circles before he was shot to death by his wife , ann woodward , in what `` life '' magazine called the `` shooting of the century '' .
