profile of Aboriginal art. Others of his children had troubled lives. His son Anthony committed suicide after being disinherited following an argument with Wren, while his daughter-in-law Nora and grandchildren only received a meagre allowance. When another of Wren's grandchildren, Susan Wardlaw, died, her two brothers had her buried without notifying her husband Greg, who was then given 24 hours to leave the family home, while another of Wren's daughters, Angela, purportedly died of malnutrition when she was 39, leaving an estate worth £97,000. References Brennan, Niall. Dr Mannix. Rigby Limited Adelaide, 1964. Brennan, Niall. John Wren: Gambler. Melbourne, 1971. Buggy, Hugh, The Real John Wren, Melbourne, 1977. Griffin, James. Wren, John (1871–1953), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp 580–83. Griffin, James. John Wren: A Life Reconsidered, Scribe, Melbourne, 2004. Growden, Greg. The Snowy Baker Story. Random House Australia, 2003. 1871 births 1953 deaths Businesspeople from Melbourne Australian Roman Catholics Australian people of Irish descent Australian boxing promoters Professional wrestling promoters Australian bookmakers Irish nationalists People from Collingwood, Victoria