How did Robert Maxwell die?

Media mogul’s sons speak out following more than 25 years of speculation and conspiracy theories

Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell was found dead in the Atlantic Ocean in 1991
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The sons of Robert Maxwell have revealed that the disgraced publishing tycoon was due to meet with figures from the Bank of England on the day that his dead body was found in the Atlantic Ocean.

Czech-born multibillionaire Maxwell, who owned the Mirror Group and was a Labour MP in the 1960s, was found floating naked in the sea on 5 November 1991, shortly after going missing from his yacht off the coast of the Canary Islands.

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