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Edward R. Broida, 71, a passionate art collector and major patron of the Museum of Modern Art, has died after suffering from cancer. Broida, a Los Angeles real estate developer, began collecting art in the 1970s. In October 2005, he gave MoMA a significant gift of 174 paintings by artists including Philip Guston, Vija Celmins, and Christopher Wilmarth. The gift was reported to be worth an estimated $50 million.

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|Edward R. Broida, 71, a passionate art collector and major patron of the Museum of Modern Art, has died after suffering from cancer. Broida, a Los Angeles real estate developer, began collecting art in the 1970s. In October 2005, he gave MoMA a significant gift of 174 paintings by artists including Philip Guston, Vija Celmins, and Christopher Wilmarth. The gift was reported to be worth an estimated $50 million.
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