Lydia Chichester du Pont (1907–1958) was an American

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who was part of the prominent

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. The daughter of Felix and Mary du Pont, Lydia du Pont was an amateur pilot and an adventurer who was part of a 1935

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scientific expedition to the jungles of

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to study the culture of the Guajiros peoples. She was the President and a member of the Board of Governors of Children's Beach House, Inc. a charitable organization in

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for underprivileged children with health issues. Lydia du Pont was living at the family's Point Lookout Farm when she was killed in a car crash on June 24, 1958, while being driven by a cousin to

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{{DEFAULTSORT:du Pont, Lydia Chichester 1907 births 1958 deaths American philanthropists South American expeditions Road incident deaths in Delaware People from Wilmington, Delaware Lydia Chichester du Pont