DOB: April 6, 1926, Riga, Latvia [as Eli Katz]
Note: emigrated to the U.S. in 1929, settling in Brooklyn, New York, United States
DOD: January 31, 2000, Aventura, Florida, United States [cancer]
Note: Survived by his second wife, Elaine, and children Scott, Eric and Beverly and two grandaughters.