Barbara Anne Eisenhower (May 30, 1949 – July 30, 2022) was an American interior designer based in

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Early life

On May 30, 1949, Eisenhower was born in

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. Eisenhower's father was

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, a U.S. military historian and a U.S. diplomat. Eisenhower's mother was Barbara Jean (' Thompson) Eisenhower. Eisenhower's grandfather was General Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States.

Personal life

Eisenhower's first husband was Fernando Echavarría-Uribe, an insurance executive from

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, whom she met while vacationing in South America in 1966."Barbara's Intended", ''The Burlington Free Press'' (October 28, 1968), p. 2. They married in November 1968, and six months later had a daughter, Adriana Echavarría (born May 29, 1969). Adriana became a photographer, and was married for a time to Eduardo Mendoza de la Torre, the ex Vice Minister of Justice in Colombia and later a Vice President of Avianca Airlines, who was the only man to have ever testified against the notorious drug lord

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. Anne Eisenhower was presented at the

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at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City in 1967 In the 1980s, Eisenhower married

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, a hedge-fund manager. Both were figures in the New York charity circuit. Eisenhower filed for divorce from Flöttl in 2018. In 2019 Eisenhower was living in Manhattan's

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. She sold the historic Southampton mansion, Claverack, for $35 million in 2010.

Death

Eisenhower died on July 30, 2022, in

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, aged 73. She was survived by her husband of 31 years, Wolfgang K. Flottl, as well as her daughter (Adriana Echavarría), her grandchildren (Camila Mendoza and Nico Mendoza), and her siblings (David, Susan, Mary Jean).

References

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