Jack Singer was a Canadian real estate developer, financier, and philanthropist.
13 Facts About Jack Singer
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Jack Singer was born in Calgary in 1917, one of four siblings: Hymie, Diane, and Rosalie.
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Jack Singer's mother, Bella Singer, was born in 1880 in Radom, Poland, the eighth of eleven children.
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Jack Singer was a scrap dealer, a second-hand store operator, a Banff hotelier, and later owned a number of farming and commercial realty operations.
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At the urging of a close friend who was smitten with Cohen, Jack Singer reluctantly agreed to date her, fully intending to hand off Cohen to his buddy.
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However, upon their first meeting, Jack Singer fell madly in love and, instead of a matchmaker, he became a groom.
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Jack Singer always held a special fondness for the entertainment business.
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At the age of 17, Jack Singer turned to business, and found a partner in Abraham Belzberg.
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Jack Singer approached Belzberg with a business proposition, suggesting that they could buy the Foothills Building in Calgary for $60,000.
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Jack Singer loved movies, so he tagged along looking for an autograph, not a deal.
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An all-round athlete as a teenager, Jack Singer was a star pitcher on the Central Memorial High School baseball team, a quarterback, and a Canadian Golden Gloves boxer with 17 straight wins.
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Jack Singer raised money for WWII causes, bringing in top boxers for exhibition matches.
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In 1997, Jack Singer launched an unsuccessful $70 million bid for the Toronto Blue Jays, a Major League Baseball team.