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Mar 22, 2018 · Helen Singer Kaplan Lazarus became Charles’ second wife. She was previously married to Canadian psychiatrist Harold Kaplan, from her first marriage, she welcomed three children, Phillip, Jennifer, and Peter. She and Lazarus were married for 16-years prior to her passing in 1995. Singer Kaplan –a pioneer in *** therapy and book author ...
Mar 22, 2018 · 22 March 2018. Toys R Us. Lazarus pictured with Geoffrey the Giraffe, the company mascot. The man who founded Toys R Us - the children's toy retailer - has died aged 94, one week after his company ...
Mar 22, 2018 · Charles Lazarus, the Toys R Us founder who was affectionately known by those who loved him as the "Toy King," has died. He was 94. Lazarus died in Manhattan on Thursday. His cause of death was not immediately known. Born in 1923, Lazarus served in World War II as a cryptologist before returning home to start a family and a business. At 25 years ...
Jul 10, 2018 · The young Charles Lazarus had the vision of creating a child-oriented enterprise. So in 1948, he put up his first store, Children’s Bargain Town, which focused on baby furniture. He was age 25 and he ran it by himself. The Washington, D.C. store catered to post-war baby boomers. Lazarus would keep the books, man the store, and even deliver ...
Mar 22, 2018 · Charles Phillip Lazarus was born Oct. 4, 1923, in Washington, the son of Frank and Fannie Lazarus. From an early age he helped his father refurbish broken bicycles and sell them. “I always wondered why we didn’t sell new bicycles,” he said.
NEW YORK (AP) — Charles P. Lazarus, the World War II veteran who founded Toys R Us six decades ago and transformed it into an iconic piece of Americana, died Thursday at age 94, a week after the chain announced it was going out of business. Toys R Us confirmed Lazarus’ death in a statement. “There have been many sad moments for Toys R Us ...
Mar 22, 2018 · Charles Lazarus, who combined supermarket-style service with touches of whimsy in creating Toys “R” Us Inc., a longtime retail success that fought high debt and fierce competition and finally ...