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Frank Gehry, renowned architect who began life as Frank Goldberg, dies at 96

JL;DR SUMMARY Frank Gehry, born Ephraim Owen Goldberg, was a Jewish architect celebrated for his groundbreaking modernist designs like the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CultureJewish IdentityLos AngelesWalt Disney Concert HallArchitectureGuggenheim MuseumFrank GehryModernist DesignPritzker PrizeFish Motif

Places mentioned

Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
"including the famed Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, has died at 96."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Gehry was born Ephraim Owen Goldberg on Feb. 28, 1929, to a Jewish family in Toronto."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"In 1947, Gehry moved to Los Angeles with his family and later went on to graduate from the University of Southern Californias School of Architecture in 1954."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris and the DZ Bank Building in Berlin."
Berlin, Germany
"the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris and the DZ Bank Building in Berlin."
New York City, New York, United States
"including two large fish sculptures in the World Trade Center in New York City and on Barcelonas seafront."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"while he was working on ANU-Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, he told the Jewish Journal that Judaism had influenced his career nonetheless."
Jerusalem, Israel
"In 2007, Gehry also received the Jerusalem Prize for Arts and Letters and in 2016 won the Presidential Medal of Freedom from then-president Barack Obama."
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
"two large fish sculptures in the World Trade Center in New York City and on Barcelonas seafront."

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