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Edgar Bronfman, the second-generation heir who expanded the Seagram Co. empire with profitable oil and gas and chemical investments, has died. He was 84.

Canadian-born Mr. Bronfman, a long-serving president of the World Jewish Congress, died Dec. 21 at his home in New York surrounded by his family, the Samuel Bronfman Foundation said in a statement on its website.

“Edgar was a giant among Jewish leaders, and a mentor and friend to everyone associated” with the foundation, its executive director Dana Raucher said in the statement. “He was the first of his kind, a titan of industry that dedicated himself fully to advocating, advancing and encouraging the Jewish people.”

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