death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
omaha , nebraska 14 october 1958 akron , ohio american april 8 , 1884 businessman , philanthropist eugene c. eppley
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eugene c. eppley

eugene c. eppley -lrb- april 8 , 1884 -- october 14 , 1958 -rrb- also known as gene , was a hotel magnate in omaha , nebraska .
eppley is credited with single-handedly building one of the most successful hotel empires , by the 1950s the largest privately owned hotel chain in the united states .
