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02-11-2015, 11:55 AM | #1 | |
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Estelo Padron Dies.
cA is reporting this, today.
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02-11-2015, 12:15 PM | #2 |
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big loss for the cigar world
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02-11-2015, 12:52 PM | #3 | |
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I am deeply saddened by his loss, He was, from what I know, a great person as well as a great tobacco man. He and frank created one of the greatest tobacco legacies ever. One of the greatest cigar companies ever. An awesome superpower of the tobacco industry.
If I may go into a little editorial comment, the hypocrisy of orlando's comments is more than just ironic, it's utterly sinful. His record on his brother is public knowledge. From the time that Estelo left the business that he shared with orlando, orlando has been very clear about his feelings, and his resentment and anger towards estelo. The clearest example was when he sued to have the Estelo anniversary cigars removed from sale and destroyed, because the word "padron" (estelo's legally owned surname) was placed in small print on the humidor that the cigars were sold in. The estelo cigars were awesome, btw. Commentary by lew rothman on the suit. Quote:
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02-11-2015, 01:09 PM | #4 |
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people change brian, people say stuff when money is involved, people regret what they said when someone dies
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02-11-2015, 01:21 PM | #5 |
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Agreed.
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02-11-2015, 01:22 PM | #6 |
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You are right. I hope that is the case. Estelo and frank were two of my cigar heroes. Ernesto carillo, John oliva, nat sherman and family, manolo quesada, many, many others, all of them built dynasties that lasted half a century and more, carlos fuente, and EVEN ORLANDO PADRON belongs in my list of tobacco industry greats. I can't argue against the talents and success of any of these people. My comments above relate only to personal issues.
As I said before, the 75th anni toros in whatever wrapper I bought were awesome. They are still being sold at JR for only a few dollars each in ten packs. Hoyo fans need to try them. |
02-11-2015, 04:54 PM | #7 |
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If he who I remember him to be, he was a master of double maduros. for Villazon back in the day.
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02-11-2015, 05:23 PM | #8 |
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That's right. He and frank were the key workers.
There were a lot of things that Frank and he did for the community, as well. IIRC, frank actually helped to put together a bank so that cofradia had a bank. When he went there and started the factory, it was pretty much a few buildings and a bunch of mud huts. The 40 years he was there with villazon it became a real city. Census details are hard to find. Best I can find are that it was less than 1k at the turn of the 20th century. in 1983 it was about 4k. At this time, it's about 20k. If I find more accurate info I will post it. |
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