BERNARD JACOBS, THEATER EXECUTIVE.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. Bernard B. Jacobs, president of the Shubert Organization, the largest owner of Broadway theaters, died Tuesday from complications following bypass surgery Bypass surgery A surgical procedure that grafts blood vessels onto arteries to reroute the blood flow around blockages in the arteries (arteriosclerosis). . He was 80. Jacobs died at St. Francis Hospital St. Francis Hospital may refer to:
Jacobs became president of the Shubert Organization in 1972. He and Schoenfeld also were co-executive chief officers of the company, which owns 17 Broadway theaters and co-owns one other, the Music Box Theater, with the estate of songwriter Irving Berlin Noun 1. Irving Berlin - United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989) Israel Baline, Berlin . The company also owns theaters in Philadelphia, Boston and 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. , and manages the National Theater in Washington D.C. The organization also produces plays, and its credits include ``Cats,'' ``Passion,'' ``The Heidi Chronicles,'' ``Amadeus,'' ``Dreamgirls,'' ``Sunday in the Park with George,'' ``Children of a Lesser God'' and ``Ain't Misbehavin'. '' |
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