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Bernard Rapoport dies at 94 in Waco Texas
Bernard Rapoport a noted insurance magnate and philanthropist died at age 94 in Waco Texas He built American Income Life in Waco and funded the Bernard Andre Rapoport Foundation He donated to the University of Texas the Texas Observer and political causes including ties to Bill Clinton Ted Kennedy and Tom Daschle His life spanned a move from Marxist roots to liberal capitalist philanthropy with a wife Andre by his side He influenced UT Baylor and local civic life and left a substantial endowment and chairs
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Waco
Baylor University
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Bernard & Andre
Bill Clinton
U.S
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U.S. Senate
Tom Daschle
San Antonio
Thomas Jefferson High School
University of Texas At Zale
Andre Newman
Baylor
Wichita Falls
American Income Life
Rapoport
Don Carleton
Briscoe Center For American History
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Hillary Clinton
Texas
George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Ann Richards
UT Board of Regents
Lyndon Olson Jr
Olson
State Board of Insurance
Sweden
Clinton
Waco Tribune-Herald
Providence Health Center
Rapoport Foundation
McNeely