Talk:Edgar Bronfman Sr.

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Here is yet another example of the crap biographies at Wikipedia. This mess is dominated by mostly garbage details about his marriages. Of the 356 words about him, 211 are about his marriages. There is nothing about his role in expanding Seagram's through the purchases of Tropicana, Conoco Inc. etc. There is no mention of his important role, backing Broadway plays. There is also nothing about his very substanial role in getting the Swiss banks to pay restitution for monies the banks kept from deceased victims of the Holocaust. - Ted Wilkes 18:04, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
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 * Yes you seem to know well about about it, Wikipedia is about "SHARING" informations, if you know some real fact about this topic, you should add them, it is with people that don´t share that we get "crap". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.201.165.211 (talk • contribs) 16:38, 25 June 2006

If you want info - which I doubt - aren't the Bronfman's largely know for their extreme Zionist stands. Recently one of the Bronfman's seem to threaten Germany with destruction if Germany stopped Holocaust payments to Israel. Even for a billionaire that seems like a big undertaking. No mention of Prohibition - not in Canada but in the US. Must have been some hard years trying to survive when your largest market dryed up. What did they do during those years - mothball the ole still? Do you really want anymore info? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.105.80.92 (talk • contribs) 14:17, 14 September 2006

Is Bronfman Canadian or American? The Forbes-derived list of billionaires (2007) lists him as American, but the main article lists him as Canadian. - User:Amyzex 13:32, 14 May 2007 (CDT)

According to Bronfman Dynasty the Rothschilds of the New World, Peter C. Newman 1978, he was nationalized as an American citizen. Also, to answer the question from 159.105.80.92, the stills or blending warehouses were in operation during the period of Prohibition and that was the foundation of the Bronfman fortune. Again from the same source, bootleggers from the US came to the warehouses loaded up ad headed south. This was under Edgar's father, Sam and mostly before Edgar was born. phildst, May 19, 2007

It would be most accurate to describe Bronfman as a Canadian-American ("someone who was born or someone who grew up in Canada then moved to the United States" according to the Wikipedia article)--similar to Peter Jennings, Jim Carrey, David Frum, etc. Persons who immigrated to the United States from other countries are typically described this way, e.g. Mario Andretti, Italian-American. June 13, 2012 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CD24:CF80:21C:B3FF:FEB9:F5D3 (talk) 22:59, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

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Edgar Bronfman wife Sherry
This article does not mention Bronfman's marriage to the actress Sherry Brewer from 1979-1991. She was a black actress known for her role in the movie Shaft. They had two children together, Hannah Bronfman and Benjamin Brewer. 2601:704:203:98D0:85D1:AD91:B14D:3D96 (talk) 14:27, 7 May 2023 (UTC)