Shimon Peres and Hillary Clinton will
reunite to pay tribute to Edgar Bronfman Sr. on January 28.
The event will take place at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City.
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| Edgar M. Bronfman received the Presidential Medal of Freedom of President Bill Clinton in 1999 |
Edgar M. Bronfman Sr. (Associated Press, David Karp)
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 Foundation.
Bronfman made his fortune with his family's Seagram's liquor empire,
taking over as chairman and CEO in 1971 and continuing the work of his
father, Samuel. Under Bronfman's leadership, Seagram expanded its
offerings and was eventually acquired by French media and telecom group
Vivendi Universal in 2000.
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