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Horse Country Neighbors Bid a Nonchalant FarewellPeople in Upperville, a sleepy part of Virginia horse country, are not exactly known has gawkers, so it was with some curiosity but mostly nonchalance that they greeted the luminaries present for the funeral of Jack Kent Cooke, their Middleburg neighbor and owner of the Redskins.
APPRECIATIONS
In His Own Way, the Squire Was a Real Prince
 Jack Kent Cooke may not have been liked by all, but he sure liked being Jack Kent Cooke, writes Post columnist Tony Kornheiser. In a way, he writes, Cooke was a modern prince.
Quietly, John Kent Cooke Heads Into the Glare of the Spotlight After decades of quiet service to the Redskins, John Kent Cooke Sr. — Jack's only surviving son — is expected to inherit control of a family estate valued by Forbes magazine at $825 million. That will almost surely thrust him into a spotlight he never has been comfortable with. While John has his father's blue eyes, he does not possess his imperious personality.
Cooke's Legacy Includes Redskins' Stable Future
THE REACTION Redskins' Family Mourns a Monumental Loss
Redskins General Manager Charley Casserly (pictured) and Coach Norv Turner mourned the loss of Jack Kent Cooke on April 7, remembering the good times and the lessons learned from the team's late owner.
Jack Kent Cooke may not have held political office, but he brushed shoulders with just about everyone who did. And those who he encountered remember him with respect and some degree of exasperation.
COOKE BACKGROUND
He went from a door-to-door encyclopedia salesman to a giant of the business world, leaving behind an estimated net worth of between $700 million and $1.2 billion. But more importantly, Jack Kent Cooke did it his way.
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You didn't have to spend a lot of time with Jack Kent Cooke or know him that well to understand what he was, writes The Post's 
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