Miriam Weinstein, the mother of Hollywood powerhouse film producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, died on Wednesday at her home in Westport, Connecticut, The New York Times reports. She was 90.
Weinstein served as half of the inspiration for Miramax, the production and film distribution company created by her sons.
The brothers combined her name with their father’s, Max, to come up with the name of their first film company, which was launched in 1979.
Max, who was a diamond cutter, died in 1976 of a sudden heart attack at the age of 52, when Harvey was 24 and Bob was 22.
Weinstein told The New...
Weinstein served as half of the inspiration for Miramax, the production and film distribution company created by her sons.
The brothers combined her name with their father’s, Max, to come up with the name of their first film company, which was launched in 1979.
Max, who was a diamond cutter, died in 1976 of a sudden heart attack at the age of 52, when Harvey was 24 and Bob was 22.
Weinstein told The New...
- 11/4/2016
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
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