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Booth FranklinOtisJr
Date of birth and time Sep 28, 1923 , 08:30:00
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Death:Death by Disease 15 June 2008 (ALS, age 84) chart Placidus Equal_H.
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Booth FranklinOtisJr Biography
American newspaper executive and businessman whose early investing in Berkshire Hathaway made him a billionaire. Booth was also a philanthropist and a great-grandson of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, founder of the Los Angeles Times. Booths tenure as a Los Angeles Times executive overlapped with that of his second cousin and close friend, Otis Chandler, the publisher who held the reins of the paper from 1960 to 1980. The cousins shared a passion for the outdoors. In 1972 Booth retired from the Times and operated several businesses before trying his hand at citrus farming and raising livestock. He died on 15 June 2008 at age 84 in his home in Los Angeles from complications of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrigs disease. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
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Booth Franklin Otis Jr.
Booth Franklin Otis Jr. was born on September 28, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. He was the son of Booth Franklin Otis Sr. and Helen Lathrop Otis.
Otis Jr. attended Harvard University, where he graduated cum laude in 1948. He then served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.
After his military service, Otis Jr. worked as a journalist for the Los Angeles Times. He eventually became the publisher of the newspaper, a position he held from 1975 to 1988.
Otis Jr. was also active in civic and philanthropic organizations. He served as the president of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association.
Otis Jr. died on December 9, 2010, at the age of 87.