Maureen O'Donnell, chicago.suntimes.com
Image from article, with caption: Lewis Manilow who helped found Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, has died.
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Lewis “Lew” Manilow, a Chicago developer, arts patron and prominent Democratic fund-raiser who helped found the Museum of Contemporary Art, has died.
Mr. Manilow, 90, died Tuesday morning at his Gold Coast home, according to his wife Susan Manilow. He’d had Alzheimer’s disease for a decade. ...
“His great love, in addition to theater and literature and public diplomacy, was art,” Susan Manilow said. “He was an absolute believer in the power of the creative spirit and the power of art. It moved him, always … it was always very exciting for him, new ideas. He used to say when he looked at ancient art that all art was contemporary, once.” ...
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