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- BUSINESS, Page 85Business NotesPHILANTHROPYIn the End, a Friend Indeed
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- Harry Weinberg was a pugnacious businessman who probably
- had his share of enemies when he was alive. But the real estate
- baron made a final gesture that will win him friends for years
- to come. Weinberg, who died last week at 82, willed nearly $1
- billion to a family trust to help the poor. The sum represents
- his entire estate, except for $3 million he left his
- grandchildren. The trust will distribute up to $45 million a
- year to the needy as Weinberg dictated: one-quarter to Jewish
- charities, one-quarter to non-Jewish groups and the rest to
- organizations that serve the poor, regardless of race or
- religion.
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- A grammar school dropout, Weinberg built his fortune by
- buying Baltimore real estate at bargain prices and later
- investing in transit companies and Hawaiian properties.
- Weinberg's largesse was not entirely a surprise. During a 1984
- visit to Israel, he donated $1 million to buy air conditioners
- for the country's nursing homes.
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