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Bob Laemmle Dies: Laemmle Theatres Owner Was 89


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Robert’s son Greg Laemmle, who took over as Laemmle Theatres president in 2004, told the Los Angeles Times his father was hospitalized after suffering a fall at his Santa Monica home on Dec. 23. Born Sept. 5, 1935 in Paris, Bob Laemmle immigrated to the United States with his family in 1938, the same year his father Max and uncle Kurt Laemmle launched their first cinemas in Highland Park. Robert joined the family business in 1961 before eventually taking over for his father.

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Bob Laemmle, Laemmle Theatres President, Dies at 89