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Paul Katzman, well-
known local entrepre-
neur, owner of Kay
& Kay Tile and other
home décor stores
and a philanthropist,
died at 90.
MAY
Dr. Aron M.
Blumenthal, well-
known Windsor
dentist and Holocaust
survivor, died at 91.
Dr. Alan Simmons,
well-known and inno-
vative Metro Detroit
dentist, died at 62.
Nicolas “Nick” Gilbert,
popular and fearless son
of well-known entrepre-
neur and wife, Dan and
Jennifer Gilbert, who bat-
tled Neurofibromatosis
his entire life, died at 26.
Flora Winton, leg-
endary community
volunteer in Detroit
and at Temple Beth
El, died at 106.
Rabbi Harold S.
Kushner, best-selling
author, died at 88.
Rabbi Yosil Rosenzweig, dedicated teacher and gifted
musician, died at 76.
Dr. Phillip Raznik, a
founder of low vision
services and the non-
profit Optometric
Institute and Clinic in
Detroit, died at 97.
Gerald C. Meyers,
automotive pioneer
and former president
of American Motors,
died at 94.
Daniel Ellsberg, the
reporter who made
the “Pentagon Papers”
public in 1971, which
led to a landmark
Supreme Court case
regarding freedom of
the press, died at 92.
Gail Shaw Camden,
noted interior design-
er and arts patron,
died at 77.
Alan Arkin, Oscar-
winning actor, died
at 89.
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