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Bridgeport is the most populous city in Connecticut, notable for its links to circus impresario PT Barnum, being the home of Beardsley Zoo, and as the birthplace of the Subway restaurant chain and the Frisbie Pie Company. Phileas T Barnum was elected as mayor of Bridgeport in 1875, overseeing a period of improvements in city infrastructure and services, including the Read more...
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American entrepreneur Tony Hsieh died, aged 46, at Bridgeport Hospital, Connecticut, on November 27th, 2020, due to complications from smoke inhalation. The former CEO of online shoe retailer Zappos was rescued by first responders from a fire in a shed at a waterfront home on Pequot Avenue in New London, Connecticut, in the early hours of November 18th, 2020. Hsieh Read more...