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Philanthropist and art collector Eli Broad dies at age 87
LOS ANGELES - Businessman, philanthropist and art collector Eli Broad, who left an indelible imprint on Los Angeles' cultural scene, died Friday. He was 87.Broad died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following a long illness, according to Suzi Emmerling, spokeswoman for the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation.A New York native, Broad parlayed a loan from his in-laws into a homebuilding empire with partner Donald Kaufman that began in Detroit in the late 1950s but migrated to Los Angeles in 1963.