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FRUM , Canadian family. barbara rosenberg frum (1937–1992), radio and tv journalist, was born in Niagara Falls, New York, and educated at the University of Toronto. She wrote for numerous magazines and performed on tv and radio, but was best known for hosting cbc Radio's popular current affairs show As It Happens. From 1982 until her death she was a host of The Journal, cbc-tv's nightly current-affairs program. Barbara Frum received the Order of Canada in 1979 and the National Press Club of Canada Award for Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Journalism in 1975. Following her death from leukemia in 1992, she was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Toronto and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television John Drainie Award for Distinguished Contributions to Broadcasting.
Her husband, murray frum (1931– ), was a real estate developer and arts patron. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, and received his degree in dentistry from the University of Toronto in 1956. He began his career in property development soon after graduation and became chairman and ceo of the Frum Development Group. A long-time patron of the arts, Frum chaired the Ontario Arts Council Foundation and the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, and was a trustee of the Art Gallery of Ontario
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Murray Frum
Canadian real estate developer
Murray Frum | |
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Frum with his second wife, Nancy Lockhart, at the 2013 CFC Annual Gala & Auction | |
| Born | (1931-09-03)September 3, 1931 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | May 28, 2013(2013-05-28) (aged 81) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Resting place | York Cemetery, Toronto |
| Education | |
| Occupation(s) | Dentist, real estate developer, philanthropist |
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| Children | 3, including David and Linda Frum |
| Family | Howard Sokolowski (son-in-law) |
Murray Frum (September 3, 1931 – May 28, 2013) was a Canadian real estate developer and philanthropist.
Biography
[edit]Frum was born to a Jewish family on September 3, 1931, the only child of Saul and Rivka Frum, who had emigrated from Poland the year before.[1] Most of their family who stayed in Poland were murdered in the Holocaust.[1] His parents operated a grocery store in Toronto.[2][3] Frum attended King Edward Public School and in 1950, graduated from the Harbord Collegiate Institute.[1] In 1956, he graduated with a degree in dentistry from the