Entries tagged as ‘klein’
Talia Klein on La La, photo by Justin Campbell
Talia Klein wasn’t just an accomplished rider…she was also a “clothes horse”….she could put an outfit together and had so much class and was so chic that she reminded me of a young Audrey Hepburn, and I’m talking about her casual outfits!! (more…)
Categories: Americans · Athletes · Child · Young · reminiscence
Tagged: audrey-hepburn, chic, clothes, crash, horse, klein, manicure, panama, pedicure, plane, santa-barbara, talia, talia-klein, tribute

IMH Editor’s Note: Michael B. Klein, 37, an ultra-successful businessman, and his daughter Talia Klein, 13, were killed in the crash of their private plane over a remote spot in Panama earlier this week. Michael Klein, who headed a hedge fund and was an early beneficiary of the first-wave Internet boom, has been written about by dozens of media outlets. Talia, however, has rarely gotten more than a footnote in these stories. In My Heart will focus on Talia in this story, including words from people who knew and loved her. Read a tribute to Talia Klein here (with a great photo by her uncle) by a family friend.
Talia Klein, 13, an award winner for her horsemanship for several years, and the daughter of millionaire businessman Michael B. Klein, died Dec. 24, 2007, in a private plane crash (more…)
Categories: Americans · Athletes · Child · Young
Tagged: california, crash, equitation, horse, hunter, jumper, klein, michael, panama, plane, riding, santa-barbara, talia, talia-klein

Murray Klein, 84, who lost his family in the Holocaust, was imprisoned in a Soviet labor camp, and smuggled arms to pre-state Palestine and then became a key player in America’s “foodie” revolution from his post at Zabar’s, died Dec. 6, 2007, of lung cancer.
Klein, a co-owner of the famed delicatessen and gourmet store Zabar’s on New York’s Upper West Side, helped bring gourmet utensils and food to Manhattan’s middle class and by extension and example to the rest of the United States. (more…)
Categories: Americans · Businesspeople · Cancer · Holocaust Victims · new york
Tagged: cuisinart, gourmet, herring, irgun, Jewish, klein, lox, obituary, pickles, UWS, zabar