Obituary
Gerry Lenfest, cable television and newspaper executive, died Sunday. He was 88. The cause of death was complications from chronic illness, a family spokesperson told The Washington Post. Lenfest formed Lenfest Communications after buying two cable systems from Triangle Publications,…
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where he had worked as a lawyer. He later sold what had become Suburban Cable to Comcast. Lenfest and his wife, Marguerite, donated their ownership of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and philly.com to The Lenfest Institute for Journalism. In addition to his wife, survivors include three children and four grandchildren.