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)

So edit it!

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