Stanford Lipsey, American publisher, Died at 89

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Stanford Lipsey was born on October 8, 1927, in Omaha, Nebraska, and died on November 1, 2016.

He was an American newspaper publisher.

Stanford Lipsey’s parents, Molly Brick and Jacob Lipsey, were Jewish Russian immigrants.

He was educated at the Omaha Central High School.

Stanford Lipsey graduated from the University of Michigan in 1948.

He was the founder of the Sun Newspapers, a publisher of newspapers in Omaha, which he sold to Warren Buffett in the 1960s.

Stanford Lipsey was an early investor in Berkshire Hathaway.

Lipsey served as the publisher of the Buffalo News from 1983 to 2012.

He was married twice: first to Jeanne Blacker, and secondly to Judith Hojnacki.

Lipsey had a son and a daughter from his first marriage.

Lipsey resided in Rancho Mirage, California.

Stanford Lipsey passed away at 89 years old.