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Article: Swiss Conductor Paul Sacher Dies
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- May 26, 1999
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05-26-1999
Swiss Conductor Paul Sacher Dies
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss billionaire industrialist and symphony conductor Paul Sacher has died after a long illness, the pharmaceutical giant Roche announced Wednesday. He was 93.
Sacher was reportedly one of the world's richest men. He and other family members controlled Roche Holding AG, and had a joint fortune estimated at $17 billion to $20 billion.
He used his wealth to become one of the world's most influential arts patrons and inspiration to countless contemporary composers.
Benjamin Britten, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky and Bela Bartok -- to name but a handful -- were all proteges of Sacher.
Born the son of a cargo ...
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...SWISS billionaire industrialist and conductor Paul Sacher, who devoted his life to his love of music, has died at the age of 93. Sacher, who died yesterday after a long illness, was reputedly one of the world ...
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