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More than a dozen institutions across the US bear his name or imprint, including the Broad Institute for biomedical research in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Broad played a role in LA institutions like the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.

He became one of the country’s most prominent philanthropists in the arts, sciences and education.

Philanthropist and entrepreneur Eli Broad, who contributed millions of dollars to Michigan State University, died Friday at age 87, representatives announced. Since 1999, Broad, who founded two Fortune 500 companies in different industries, and his wife, Edythe, had committed more than $5 billion with their foundations to support K-12 public education, scientific and medical research, and the visual and performing arts.  In 2014, Broad and his wife gave MSU a $25 million challenge grant to ...

Eli Broad, billionaire who poured wealth into reshaping L.A., dies at 87 Elaine Woo © (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Eli Broad stands inside the Broad, his contemporary art museum on Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, in 2015. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Eli Broad made his billions building homes, and then he used that wealth — and the considerable collection of world-class modern art he assembled with his wife — to shape the city around him. Dogged, determined and...

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Eli Broad, Billionaire Entrepreneur Who Reshaped LA, Dies at 87 Suzi Emmerling, a spokeswoman for the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, confirmed his death to The New York Times. She told the newspaper that Broad died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after a long illness. By Alex Veiga • Updated 3 hours ago Getty Images for MOCA Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector and entrepreneur who co-founded homebuilding pioneer Kaufman and Broad Inc. and...

Eli Broad, LA philanthropist for the arts and education, dies at 87 CNN 3 hrs ago By Alexandra Meeks, CNN © John Moore/Getty Images Philanthropist Eli Broad attends a ceremony where the Broad Prize for Urban Education was awarded to Miami-Dade County Public Schools on October 23, 2012 in New York City. Eli Broad, an entrepreneur and businessman known for creating two billion-dollar businesses and establishing the iconic Broad Museum in Los Angeles, has died at the age of 87...

Eli Broad Credit Steve Carmody / Michigan Radio   Broad and wife Edythe are giving $25 million to Michigan States College of Business, which bears the Broad name. The donation increases their total giving to MSU to nearly $100 million.   The latest gift was announced Friday. MSU President Lou Anna Simon says its "extraordinary and will have a lasting impact."   The business school intends to raise another $80 million through other donors. The goal is to build a $60 million graduate pavili...

Eli Broad Billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad, a Michigan State University alum, who donated tens of millions of dollars to the school, died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles  The New York Times reports. He was 87. Broad, who died after battling a long illness, made his fortune in the home-building and insurance business. The Times reports he donated significant money to make Los Angeles one of the world’s cultural capitals. He also gave generously to Michigan State, ...