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H.F. Lenfest, Former Cable Exec, Dies At 88

The Associated Press | by Staff

Lenfest and his wife, Marguerite, made about $1.2 billion when they sold Suburban Cable to Comcast Corp. in 2000. The Lenfests immediately set out to give away the fortune. By 2014, as he stepped in to help Philadelphia’s ailing newspapers, Gerry Lenfest estimated he had given away $1.1 billion.