OUR COMMUNITY

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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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