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{{Short description|American businessman}}
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{{For|other people named Richard Bloch|Richard Bloch (disambiguation)}}
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'''Richard Adolf Bloch''' (February 15, 1926 – July 21, 2004)<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=
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▲'''Richard Adolf Bloch''' (February 15, 1926 – July 21, 2004)<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/22/business/richard-bloch-78-businessman-who-helped-create-h-r-block.html|title=NY Times obituary|accessdate=March 30, 2009 | work=The New York Times | first=Sabrina | last=Tavernise | date=July 22, 2004}}</ref><ref name="HRB">{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.hrblock.com/richard-bloch/|title=Biography from H&R Block website|accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref> was an American entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known for starting the [[H&R Block]] tax preparation and personal finance company with his older brother [[Henry W. Bloch|Henry]] in 1955. His personal experience with cancer led him to invest in helping others fight and overcome the disease.
== Early life and education ==
Bloch was born to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family in [[Kansas City]], the son of Hortense (Bienenstock) and Leon Bloch.<ref>{{cite web | title = H&R Block | publisher = [[Jewish Virtual Library]] | url = https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0003_0_03134.html | accessdate = 2014-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/henry-bloch-h-r-block-s-co-founding-tv-pitchman-dies-at-96-1.1248166|title=Henry Bloch, H&R Block's Co-Founding TV Pitchman, Dies at 96 - Article|date=April 23, 2019}}</ref> In the 4th grade, Bloch found a hand press in his uncle's attic and began his first business as a printer. By the time he was 12, he had three automatic presses and was providing printing services to several [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] high schools. He sold his business to an [[Iowa]] college to use as a print course teaching model.
When he was 16, he entered the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton School]] (part of the [[University of Pennsylvania]]). In college Bloch was a member of [[Zeta Beta Tau]], the campus' Jewish fraternity. The youngest member of his class, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in economics in 1945. He helped pay his college expenses by purchasing used cars, repairing them and selling them for a profit.
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== Death ==
Bloch died of heart failure on July 21, 2004, at the age of 78.<ref name="NYT"/> He was survived by his wife, Annette (née Modell),<ref>[http://www.palmsprings.com/blog/palmsprings-com-spotlight-an-interview-with-annette-bloch/ Palm Springs.com: "PalmSprings.com Spotlight: An Interview with Annette Bloch"] December 10th, 2012</ref> daughters Linda Lyon, Barbara Stanny, and Nancy Linsely<ref name="NYT"/> and ten grandchildren.
== Bibliography ==
▲== Books co-written with his wife ==
▲* ''Cancer... There's Hope'' (1981) ISBN 0-399-12814-X (1983 edition)
* ''Fighting Cancer: A Step-by-Step Guide to Helping Yourself Fight Cancer'' (1985) {{OCLC|319004046}}
* ''Guide for Cancer Supporters: Step-by-step Ways to Help a Relative or Friend Fight Cancer'' (1992) {{OCLC|25561085}}
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* [http://blochcancer.org Bloch Cancer Foundation]
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