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Andrea and Charles Bronfman
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| By Associated Press January 24, 2006 |
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| Andrea and Charles Bronfman, surrounded by alumni of the birthright israel program they co-founded |
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Andrea Bronfman, a philanthropist and the wife of a former co-chairman of the Seagram Co., was struck by a livery cab and killed near her Manhattan home early Monday, police said. She was 60.
The vehicle struck Bronfman as she was out walking her dog and crossing the street, authorities said. She died at New York Weill-Cornell Medical Center.
Bronfman was married to billionaire Charles Bronfman, who was born heir to the Canadian Seagram's liquor empire and rose to be its co-chairman with his brother Edgar Bronfman Sr.
The couple has been active in numerous charities, in part through the work of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies. They were co-founders of the birthright israel program, which has brought 100,000 young Jews on pilot educational trips to Israel.
Andrea Bronfman also helped organize the Gift of New York, a charity put together after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to provide free tickets to sports and cultural events in New York to the families of the victims.
The World Jewish Congress, whose president is Edgar Bronfman Sr., called Andrea Bronfman a pillar of her family and of the Jewish community.
"Her way was that of the Jewish matriarchs, and her passing leaves a void that can never be filled," the group said in a statement.
Police said no charges were filed against the driver who hit Bronfman.
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