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Maurice Kanbar (March 1, 1929 – August 20, 2022) was an American entrepreneur and inventor who lived in San Francisco, California. He was particularly well known for his creation of SKYY vodka and was also noted for his extensive real estate investments.
Sep 30, 2022 · Maurice Kanbar was born Moshe Shama on March 1, 1929, in what was then Palestine and emigrated with his family to the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn in 1936. His father, Meier Shama, was a ...
Aug 24, 2022 · Kanbar created Skyy Vodka, a best-selling brand, and donated to many causes, including the JCCSF and HIAS. He was a proud Jew who learned about his heritage from his parents in Brooklyn.
Oct 6, 2022 · Olivia Wise. A bottle of top-shelf vodka conferred widespread acclaim upon entrepreneur Maurice Kanbar, who died in August at 93. But during his long life, the inventor filed some 50 patents for consumer and medical products. His first success: D-Fuzz-It. This humble 1950 invention — a fabric brush — earned Kanbar, then 21, his first ...
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Oct 3, 2022 · Maurice Kanbar was an inventor and entrepreneur who created Skyy Vodka, a hangover-free vodka, and the D-Fuzz-It, a device for removing lint from sweaters. He also opened one of the first multiplex theaters in the U.S., Manhattan's Quad Cinema, and produced films such as Play It Again, Sam and Slaughterhouse-Five.
Aug 28, 2022 · Maurice Kanbar, inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, died in San Francisco in 2022 at age 93. He created SKYY vodka, built the Quad Cinema, and supported many educational and medical institutions.
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Sep 3, 2012 · Maurice Kanbar takes a small X-Acto knife out of his jacket pocket and slices off the snags on the tablecloth at Perry's on Union Street. Then he sets one of his inventions, called Zip Notes, on ...
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