Barbara Cox Anthony | Heir to media fortune, 84

Barbara Cox Anthony, 84, an heir to the Cox media fortune, died Monday in Hawaii after an extended illness, the Atlanta-based media conglomerate Cox Enterprises Inc. announced.

She and her sister, Anne Cox Chambers, inherited the company from their father, founder James M. Cox, in 1974.

Forbes magazine has estimated Ms. Anthony's assets and those of her sister at $12.6 billion apiece, making them the 45th-richest people in the world.

Ms. Anthony was chairwoman of Dayton Newspapers and a member of the Cox Enterprises board of directors.

Ms. Anthony was a director and founder of the Hawaii School for Girls, now called La Pietra, and a director of the James M. Cox Foundation.

As chairwoman of Hualalai Land Corp., she oversaw all aspects of a 7,500-acre ranch on the slopes of Mount Hualalai on the Big Island. - AP