LIPSON, SHOP OWNER, AT 97.Byline: Daily News Jack A. Lipson, who sang and played guitar and banjo banjo, stringed musical instrument, with a body resembling a tambourine. The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and four to nine strings, which are plucked with a pick or the fingers. with the Dixie Lee Band in the 1930s in England, died in his sleep Friday morning in a residential care home in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, . He was 97. Lipson became an antique dealer antique dealer n → anticuario/a antique dealer n → antiquaire m/f antique dealer antique n → in Selsey, Sussex, in the U.K. after World War II. He emigrated to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in 1948 with his family and continued his business, importing antiques from England. He owned retail antique stores in West Hollywood prior to purchasing Carl's, a paint and wallpaper store in Burbank, in 1957. He operated the paint store with wife, Sophie, for 20 years before retiring. Lipson was a one-time avid tennis player who reached the semifinals of the London Evening News The London Evening News was a newspaper that was first published in August 14 1855. Usually when people mention the London Evening News they are actually referring to the The Evening News Tennis Tournament in 1929. Lipson leaves his wife of 76 years, Sophie "Bobbi" Lipson; his daughter, Valerie Cravitz of Santa Clarita; his son, Larry Lipson, the Daily News' restaurant critic; two grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. A service will be held Sunday afternoon at Mount Sinai Funeral Home in Los Angeles. |
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