Adolphus Busch IV, Anheuser-Busch heir, dead at 72

ST. LOUIS — Adolphus A. Busch IV, an heir to the Anheuser-Busch fortune and a passionate wildlife conservationist who cofounded the Great Rivers Habitat Alliance, has died.

Great Rivers Habitat Alliance confirmed Busch’s death Monday. He was 72.

Busch, the son of longtime Anheuser-Busch CEO August “Gussie” Busch Jr., cofounded the nonprofit, which supports preservation of the floodplains at the confluence of the Missouri, Mississippi and Illinois rivers…

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