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'''Lyle Cleethorpes''' is a character in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. | '''Lyle Cleethorpes''' is a character in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. | ||
Lyle Cleethorpes (or Lyle Cleethorpes V, as he wants to be known) is an heir to a | Lyle Cleethorpes (or Lyle Cleethorpes V, as he wants to be known) is an heir to a five-generation, century-old family fortune built on tobacco and the slave trade. He is regarded by most to be a waste of the family fortune, and is allegedly a product of inbreeding. Suspicions arose that he still has business interests in the Southeast Asian sweatshops and slave trades. He aspires to be famous, which is why he built the [[Cleethorpes Tower]] ([[Hatton Gardens]], [[Algonquin]]). He also garners considerable media attention for his meth addiction and pastime of driving (and crashing) fast cars and bikes while high on drugs. | ||
The Cleethorpes are possibly based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_family Astor family], who were criticized for their real estate chokehold on New York during the late 1800s. Lyle may be a modern, partial take on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Astor Vincent Astor], who inherited the world's 12th largest fortune after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV his father] died on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic Titanic] in 1912. Likewise to Lyle, Vincent had a socially traumatic childhood behind his wealth, although Vincent was radically different in the sense that he gave most of his fortune to charity to try to improve his family's public image. | |||
Another great deal of inspiration is taken from two films made by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_%26_Johnson Johnson & Johnson] heir [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Johnson Jamie Johnson]. His films discuss many conditions that Lyle is a poster child for, mainly that rich children feel like they have nothing to do with their lives if they do not have to work their whole lives in pursuit of money. One heir in "Born Rich" briefly discusses heavy drug use among extremely wealthy children. Heiresses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanka_Trump Ivanka Trump] and Nicole Buffett are also among those interviewed, Nicole being partially disowned by grandfather [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett Warren Buffett] for some of the comments she made in the film. | |||
==LCPD Database information== | ==LCPD Database information== | ||