John Philip Kassebaum (October 24, 1932 – February 28, 2016) was an American attorney and art collector and former husband of U.S. Senator

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. Born in

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, Kassebaum met Nancy Landon while attending the

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. He received a

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from the

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.John Philip Kassebaum October 24, 1932 – February 28, 2016 (Age 83)
, ''Legacy.com'' (February 28, 2016). They married in 1956 and settled in

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, where they raised four children. They separated in 1975 and divorced in 1979. Kassebaum remarried to Llewellyn Hood, with whom he remained for the last 40 years of his life. Beginning in the late 1950s, Kassebaum began collecting

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and

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ceramics, including "lead- and tin-glazed pieces from

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, the

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"."Ceramics Show Is Scheduled At Spencer", ''Lawrence Journal-World'' (January 3, 1982), 8B. Kassebaum later moved to Mount Pleasant,

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, and became involved in historical preservation projects in

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, and Wichita,

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. He maintained law offices in Wichita and

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and was "a frequent lecturer on ceramics and authored various articles on the subject".The John Philip Kassebaum Collection
His son William Kassebaum is a former member of the

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. Another son,

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Richard Kassebaum, died of a

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on August 27, 2008, at the age of 47. Kassebaum died in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 28, 2016, at the age of 83.

References

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