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Bernard Baruch Dies at 94 in New York Tributes Pour In
Bernard M Baruch capitalist philanthropist and adviser to presidents of both parties died Sunday night at age 94 of a heart attack. At his bedside were his son daughter son in law and former South Carolina Gov James F Byrnes. Vice President Humphrey called him a great man and elder statesman. Baruch rose from a $3 week job to wealth then donated to medical research education and charity. He chaired War Industries Board in World War I and shaped atomic energy plans with the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
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