Loti Gerard Falk Gaffney

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Loti Gerard Falk Gaffney (Grunberg)

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Birthplace: İstanbul, İstanbul, Turkey
Death: October 13, 2015 (90-98)
New York City, New York, United States (Natural causes)
Immediate Family:

Wife of Leon Falk, Jr. and Frank Gaffney
Ex-wife of Michael A Gerard
Mother of Private and Private

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About Loti Gerard Falk Gaffney

Loti was a philanthropist. See the wikipedia entry (copied below) for more detailed info. She cofounded the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater and Pittsburgh Playhouse.

Loti Grunberg was born in Istanbul, Turkey lived in Milan and St. Moritz while a teenager, and briefly studied philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris.[3] Her family moved to New York City in 1939 and she studied at Columbia University. During World War II, she married U.S. Army Lt. Michael A. Gerard, and had two sons, Robert and Peter.[2][1]

After her marriage ended in divorce in the 1950s, she took two jobs: an instructor in Italian and French at Berlitz School of Languages and provided scripts for dubbed, lip-synched Italian films. Among her many credits were Fellini's 8½, Divorce Italian Style, The Seven Capital Sins, L'Aventura and Rocco and his Brothers.[2][1][3]

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Loti Gerard Falk Gaffney's Timeline

1920
December 21, 1920
İstanbul, İstanbul, Turkey
2015
October 13, 2015
Age 94
New York City, New York, United States