death_date children birth_place ethnicity relatives birth_date known_for spouse article_title education name occupation
july 21 , 2004 -lrb- age 76 -rrb- linda block lyon barbara block stanny nancy block linsely kansas city , missouri , united states jewish henry w. bloch -lrb- brother -rrb- february 15 , 1926 co-founder of h & r block annette modell richard bloch
 wharton school of the university of pennsylvania richard adolf bloch businessman
richard bloch

`` for the american investor and banker , see richard l. bloch . ''
richard adolf bloch -lrb- february 15 , 1926 -- july 21 , 2004 -rrb- was an american entrepreneur , and philanthropist best known for starting the h&r block tax preparation and personal finance company with his older brother henry in 1955 .
his personal experience with cancer led him to invest in helping others fight and overcome the disease .
