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  1. Dec 22, 2013 · Edgar Bronfman, the Canadian-born Seagram's billionaire and Jewish philanthropist, dies at age 84 Edgar M. Bronfman Sr. was born in Montreal in 1929 and made his fortune with his family’s ...

  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. Dec 23, 2013 · NEW YORK — Edgar Bronfman, the Montreal-born billionaire former beverage magnate and leading Jewish philanthropist, died Saturday at the age of 84. As the longtime president of the World Jewish Congress, Bronfman fought for Jewish rights worldwide and led the successful fight to secure more than a billion dollars in restitution from Swiss banks for Holocaust victims and their heirs. As a ...

  5. 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 .

  6. Nov 24, 2016 · Philanthropist and Jewish communal leader Edgar Bronfman has died, aged 84. The former president of the World Jewish Congress is thought to have died peacefully at his home in New York, with his ...

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  8. Edgar M. Bronfman, Sr., the son of legendary Canadian liquor magnate Samuel Bronfman, who expanded his family's business internationally and, as President of the World Jewish Congress and the Samuel Bronfman Foundation, promoted global advocacy as well as educational and social programs designed to "inspire a renaissance in Jewish life," died on December 21 at the age of 84.

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