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Eli Broad, Billionaire Entrepreneur Who Reshaped Los Angeles, Dies at 87

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Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector and entrepreneur who co-founded homebuilding pioneer Kaufman and Broad Inc.

and launched financial services giant SunAmerica Inc., died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 87. Suzi Emmerling, a spokeswoman for the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, confirmed his death to The New York Times.

She told the newspaper that Broad died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after a long illness. It was Broad (pronounced brohd) who provided much of the money and willpower used to reshape Los Angeles’ once moribund downtown into a burgeoning area of expensive lofts, fancy dining establishments and civic structures like the landmark Walt Disney Concert Hall.

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