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  1. Dec 22, 2013 · In 1975, the Bronfman family made the news for a far different reason when one of Edgar Bronfman’s sons, 21-year-old Samuel 2nd, was abducted in a New York suburb.

  2. Dec 23, 2013 · Edgar M. Bronfman, the second-generation heir who expanded the Seagram Co. empire with profitable oil and gas and chemical investments, has died. He was 84. Canadian-born Bronfman, a long-serving president of the World Jewish Congress, died Dec. 21 at his home in New York surrounded by his family, the Samuel Bronfman Foundation said in a ...

  3. Edgar Miles Bronfman (June 20, 1929 – December 21, 2013) was a Canadian-American businessman. He worked for his family's distilled beverage firm, Seagram , eventually becoming president, treasurer and CEO .

  4. Jan 2, 2014 · The billionaire former head of beverage giant Seagram served for more than two decades as president of the World Jewish Congress, molding it into an influential activist organization, Reuters and The New York Times write.

  5. Dec 22, 2013 · Bronfman, who was married five times including twice to the same woman, made headlines in 1975 when his son Samuel was kidnapped and Bronfman himself delivered a ransom of more than $2m.

  6. Dec 22, 2013 · NEW YORK (AP) — Edgar M. Bronfman Sr., the billionaire businessman and longtime president of the World Jewish Congress, which lobbied the Soviets to allow Jews to emigrate and helped spearhead the search for hidden Nazi loot, died Saturday. He was 84. The Canadian-born Bronfman died at his New York home surrounded by family, according to the family charity he led, The Samuel Bronfman ...

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  8. About Edgar M. Bronfman Edgar Miles Bronfman was born on 20 June 1929 in Montreal, Canada, as the eldest son of Samuel Bronfman and Saidye Rosner Bronfman . After graduating from Williams College with a B.A. degree in 1950 he joined the family business Seagram’s .

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