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May 22, 2024 · According to the Birmingham Business Journal (BBJ), James J. Burke Jr. sold 24 parcels of land to Hallmark ACQ LLC for $15 million in April, and Phoenix Building Company sold the remaining two parcels for $3.2 million last week, May 14.
Aug 8, 2022 · Chef Jim Burke, 49, who with his wife owned James, a celebrated South Philadelphia restaurant, and later taught in the culinary program at Drexel University before helping to repair another restaurant’s troubled work culture, died Monday after a two-year battle with a rare lung cancer.
Aug 12, 2022 · Chef Jim Burke, who owned James and worked at Wm. Mulherin's Sons, died of lung cancer at 49. His friends and colleagues launched a fundraiser for his family, asking restaurants to serve his favorite dishes and drinks in September.
Jim Burke is Vistra’s president, chief executive officer, and a member of its board of directors. Burke has been with Vistra and its predecessor companies since 2004, serving in various leadership positions.
James Burke (July 5, 1931 – April 13, 1996), also known as "Jimmy the Gent", was an American gangster and Lucchese crime family associate who is believed to have organized the 1978 Lufthansa heist, the largest cash robbery in American history at the time. He was believed to be responsible for the deaths of those involved in the months after ...
Aug 12, 2022 · Friends of chef Jim Burke and his family are planning a fund-raiser in his honor. Restaurants and bars are being invited to put on one of his favorite dishes and/or cocktails as a special for the month of September.
May 4, 2021 · Every day between 5 and 6 p.m., whether at home in Fitler Square or in the kitchen at Wm. Mulherin’s Sons, chef Jim Burke takes a pill called Tagrisso to treat his lung cancer, which was diagnosed in August 2020.
