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Newspaper co-owner remembered as serious, impish

By Maryclaire Dale
Published June 4, 2014 8:40pm ET
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Newspaper co-owner remembered as serious, impish
Former President Bill Clinton places a hand on former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell after Rendell spoke during a public memorial service for Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at Temple University in Philadelphia. Katz and six others died when his private jet crashed during takeoff on Saturday, May 31, 2014 in Massachusetts. He was 72. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) | Matt Rourke

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Lewis Katz was a savvy businessman and philanthropist. He was also mischievous, spontaneous and full of boyish fun.

Politicians, athletes and grieving family members recalled both sides of the Philadelphia newspaper co-owner at a 2 1/2-hour memorial service Wednesday.

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