- Andrea Bronfman
Andrea Brett Morrison Bronfman (
May 30 ,1945 –January 23 2006 ) was a philanthropist and wife of billionaireCharles Bronfman , who was once co-chairman ofSeagram 's Co. She died from being struck by a car inNew York City , where she was a key figure in theJewish community. In a letter of condolence, theWorld Jewish Congress , whose president isEdgar Bronfman Sr. , called Andrea Bronfman a pillar of her family and of the Jewish community. She is survived by children Jeremy Cohen and his wife Marci, Philippa Cohen and Tony Cohen, President of Global Edge Investments ( [http://www.globaledgeinvestments.com)] and his wife Moira.Andrea Bronfman and her husband were active in numerous charities including:
* Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies
* Gift of New York, a charity put together after theSeptember 11, 2001 attacks on theUnited States .Bronfman was born in
London in 1945, and her parents were ardent neo-Zionists . She moved toCanada as a young bride with her first husband, David Cohen. After that marriage ended in divorce, she married Charles Bronfman, who had served asbest man at her marriage to Cohen.David Cohen was the grandson of
Lyon Cohen , a prominent businessman, philanthropist, and founder of the Canadian Jewish Congress and "Jewish Times", the first Canadian Jewish newspaper. With his father, Horace Cohen, O.B.E., David Cohen worked in the family businesses: L.Cohen & Son, Coal Merchants and Dredging Contractors; W. R. Cuthbert & Co., Brass Founders; The Freedman Co., Wholesale Clothiers.ee also
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Bronfman family External links
* [http://www.heroines.ca/news/archives2006.html Andrea Bronfman Killed in Car Accident]
* [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060128/news_1m28bronfman.html Andrea Morrison Bronfman; active in Jewish causes; 60]
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