Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american philanthropist who co-founded the goldman environmental prize in 1990 with his wife”. Today it says “american billionaire philanthropist who was the co-founder of the goldman environmental prize in 1990 with his”.
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American billionaire philanthropist For the conductor, educator and composer, see Richard Franko Goldman . Goldman (April 16, 1920 – November 29, 2010) was an American billionaire philanthropist who was the co-founder of the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1990 with his wife, Rhoda Haas Goldman , an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune. He founded the insurance company Goldman Insurance and Risk Management, and with his wife he established the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund in 1951.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Goldman (April 16, 1920 – November 29, 2010) was an American philanthropist who co-founded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1990 with his wife, Rhoda Goldman . The Jewish Telegraphic Agency has called Goldman "one of the most influential Jewish philanthropists in the United States ." He founded the insurance company Goldman Insurance and Risk Management, and with his wife he established the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund in 1951.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Goldman (April 16, 1920 – November 29, 2010) was an American philanthropist who co-founded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1990 with his wife, Rhoda Goldman . He founded the insurance company Goldman Insurance and Risk Management, and with his wife he established the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund in 1951.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Goldman (April 16, 1920 – November 29, 2010) was an American billionaire philanthropist who was the co-founder of the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1990 with his wife, Rhoda Haas Goldman , an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune. He founded the insurance company Goldman Insurance and Risk Management, and with his wife he established the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund in 1951.
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american philanthropist who co-founded the goldman environmental prize in 1990 with his wife
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american billionaire philanthropist who was the co-founder of the goldman environmental prize in 1990 with his
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