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About Lee Guber
Wikipedia Biographical Summary:
"...Lee Guber (November 20, 1920 – March 27, 1988) was an American theater impresario, who produced several Broadway theatre productions and developed a chain of entertainment venues in suburban locations along the East Coast..."
"...Guber was born in Philadelphia on November 20, 1920. He attended Central High School, where he met his future business partner Shelly Gross, when they were assigned to sit next to each other in alphabetical order. He attended Temple University, where he majored in sociology, earning bachelor's and master's degrees..."
"...Guber and Gross built their business to become one of the biggest purveyors of live entertainment..."
"...In 1977, the pair produced a 696-performance run of The King and I, with Yul Brenner in the lead, in which investors were paid back after 14 weeks and weekly grosses exceeded $200,000. A production of Lorelei starring Carol Channing ran for a year. A 1965 production of Catch Me If You Can ran for 103 performances, while their 1967 Sherry! musical based on the play The Man Who Came to Dinner ran for 71 shows. 1981's Bring Back Birdie, a sequel to Bye Bye Birdie that earned Chita Rivera a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical, ran for only four performances, as did the 1986 musical Rags about immigrants to the United States that cost over $5 million to produce..."
"...He was married three times. His first marriage was to Edna Shanis. The couple had two children together, Zev and Carol
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His second marriage was his December 1963 marriage to Barbara Walters, then a reporter for NBC, lasted 13 years. Their daughter Jacqueline Dena Guber was born in 1968 and adopted by the couple the same year.
His third marriage was in 1982 to Lois Wyse, who he remained married to until his death. His stepchildren are Robert Wyse and Katherine Goldman. He has eight grandchildren..."
"...He was appointed to serve on the New York State Council on the Arts in the mid-1970s..."
SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'Lee Guber', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 14 December 2011, 18:28 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lee_Guber&oldid=465858664> [accessed 12 February 2012]
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Lee Guber's Timeline
| 1920 |
November 20, 1920
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1988 |
March 27, 1988
Age 67
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Upper East Side, New York, New York County, New York, United States
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