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The opening as it read in 2015
Edward Lasker (May 15, 1912 – July 11, 1997) was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.1He was one of the three children of Flora Warner and her husband, Albert Davis Lasker (1880-1952), the owner of Lord & Thomas , a highly successful Chicago advertising agency, who was also the owner of the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball team. Edward Lasker graduated from Yale University in 1933. He then joined his father's advertising agency where he worked until 1942 when he joined the U.S. Navy and served in the Pacific. In 1935, he married Gimbels department-store heiress Caral Gimbel, but the marriage ended in divorce and Caral wed baseball star Hank Greenberg in 1946. After the war (by which time his father had left the advertising business), Edward Lasker moved to the West Coast of the United States where he became a film producer in Hollywood . In 1947, Lasker married actress Jane Greer with whom he had three children. Their sons Alex and Lawrence Lasker are screenwriters and producers. In 1929, Edward Lasker became involved in Thoroughbred horse racing as an owner/breeder. After his marriage, his wife also became a race horse owner. At age forty, Edward Lasker went back to university to study for a law degree . After graduating in 1955 from the University of California in Los Angeles he began practising law. He served for many years on the boards of directors of Phillip Morris, Inc. and Great Western Financial. Edward Lasker was living in Los Angeles at the time of his death in 1997 at age eighty-five.2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Edward Lasker (May 15, 1912 – July 11, 1997) was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner. He was one of the three children of Flora Warner and her husband, Albert Davis Lasker (1880-1952), the owner of Lord & Thomas , a highly successful Chicago advertising agency, who was also the owner of the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball team. Edward Lasker graduated from Yale University in 1933. He then joined his father's advertising agency where he worked until 1941. After his father got out of the business, Edward Lasker then moved to the West Coast of the United States where he became a film producer in Hollywood . In 1947, Lasker married actress Jane Greer with whom he had three children. Their sons Alex and Lawrence Lasker are screenwriters and producers. In 1929, Edward Lasker became involved in Thoroughbred horse racing as an owner/breeder. After his marriage, his wife also became a race horse owner. At age forty, Edward Lasker went back to university to study for a law degree . After graduating in 1955 from the University of California in Los Angeles he began practising law. Edward Lasker was living in Los Angeles at the time of his death in 1997 at age eighty-five.
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Edward Lasker (May 15, 1912 – July 11, 1997) was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
American lawyer Edward Lasker (May 15, 1912 – July 11, 1997) was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American businessman (1912–1997) This article is about the heir and Thoroughbred owner.Edward Lasker (May 15, 1912 – July 11, 1997) was an American heir, film producer, and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.After graduating from college in 1933 he worked for his father's prominent Chicago advertising agency until entering the U.S. military for service during World War II in 1942.He later relocated to Los Angeles, became a film producer, went to law school in his 40s, and long served on the board of two prominent industrial and banking corporations.
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american businessman and thoroughbred racehorse owner
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american heir
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