`MUSHROOM KING' AND PHILANTHROPIST MICKEY WEISS, 81.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Maurice ``Mickey'' Weiss, an immigrant mushroom dealer and philanthropist who helped feed thousands on restaurant leftovers, has died. He was 81. Weiss died of cancer Wednesday at his West Los Angeles
Weiss founded the Charitable Distribution Facility, which channels discarded dis·card v. dis·card·ed, dis·card·ing, dis·cards v.tr. 1. To throw away; reject. 2. a. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand. b. but good food to kitchens that feed the hungry. President Bush gave him an End Hunger Award in 1989. He was sometimes called the ``mushroom king'' for bringing plenty of them to the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. area in the postwar years. His family firm became West Central Wholesale Produce, the area's biggest mushroom supplier. ``I'm a giver - A lot of people are givers,'' Weiss often said, dismissing the notion that he was a major philanthropist. Others disagreed. Over the decades, Weiss received awards and honors for his generosity. He was a founder of the Los Angeles County Music Center and a major supporter of the Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr. . His will leaves the philharmonic $1 million for educational programs. Weiss was also a founder and president of the Medical Center Aids of City of Hope and vice president of the United Way Food Partnership. The family asked that memorial donations be made to a charity of the donor's choice. |
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