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1. financialpost.com › news › edgar-m-bronfmanEdgar M. Bronfman, billionaire who expanded Seagram, dies at 84

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   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 ...

2. www.reuters.com › article › lifestyleSeagram chairman, WJC head Edgar Bronfman dead at 84

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   Dec 22, 2013 · Billionaire businessman and philanthropist Edgar Bronfman, the chairman of the Seagram Company and long-serving president of the World Jewish Congress, died at his New York home on Saturday aged 84.

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4. nationalpost.com › news › edgar-bronfman-theEdgar Bronfman, the Canadian-born Seagram's billionaire and ...

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   Dec 22, 2013 · Edgar M. Bronfman Sr. was born in Montreal in 1929 and made his fortune with his family’s Seagram’s liquor empire. ... What we know about the 19-year-old Halifax Walmart worker found dead in ...

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   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 ...

6. www.cbsnews.com › news › ex-seagrams-ceo-prominentEx-Seagram’s CEO, prominent Jewish advocate Edgar Bronfman ...

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   Dec 22, 2013 · December 22, 2013 / 9:23 AM EST / AP. NEW YORK - Edgar M. Bronfman Sr., the billionaire businessman and longtime president of the World Jewish Congress, which lobbied the Soviets to allow Jews to ...

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   Dec 24, 2013 · FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2005 file photo, World Jewish Congress President Edgar M. Bronfman addresses the Plenary Assembly of the World Jewish Congress assembled in a hotel in Brussels. Bronfman, a Canadian born billionaire and longtime World Jewish Congress president died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, in New York, at the age of 84.

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   How old was Samuel Bronfman when he 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 statement on its website.

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   Who is Edgar Bronfman?

   • In 1994, he married the artist Jan Aronson. He is survived by Aronson, his seven children, 24 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, as well as a brother, Charles, and a sister, Phyllis Lambert. NEW YORK — Edgar Bronfman, the Montreal-born billionaire former beverage magnate and leading Jewish philanthropist, died Saturday at the age of 84.

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   Who was Samuel Bronfman?

   • 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 statement on its website. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

   Edgar M. Bronfman, billionaire who expanded Seagram, dies at 84

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   Why did Charles Bronfman retire?

   • Bronfman led Seagram for 23 years before retiring at 65 to pursue his twin passions of Jewish faith and philanthropy. He overcame the misgivings of his younger brother and co-chairman, Charles Bronfman, to permit his son, Edgar Bronfman Jr., to sell Seagram’s 25% stake in DuPont Co. and plunge into the entertainment business.

   Edgar M. Bronfman, billionaire who expanded Seagram, dies at 84

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   What happened to Edgar Bronfman's sons?

   • 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. The family paid a $2.3 million ransom and Samuel was later found when authorities raided a Brooklyn apartment. The missing money was found under a bed and two men were arrested.

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   Who was Edgar Bronfman married to?

   • In 1979, Edgar Bronfman Jr. married an African- American actress Sherry Brewer. As his father did not approve of their relationship, the couple eloped, and he remained estranged from his father. The couple had three children named Benjamin, Vanessa, and Hannah. They separated in 1991.

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9. apnews.com › article › b605610b05314230a15726caf2f306c9Businessman, Jewish advocate Bronfman dies | AP News

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   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 ...