About Harold Lipton
Lived 1911 – 1999 (aged 88). Harold Lipton was an American lawyer.
Harold Arlen Lipton (born Lipschitz; May 18, 1911 – December 30, 1999) was an American lawyer and basketball executive. In the 1970s and 1980s, Lipton co-owned the Seattle SuperSonics, the San Diego Clippers, and the Boston Celtics with Irv Levin.
Life Lipton was born in the Bronx, New York, to Belarusian Jewish immigrants Max Lipschitz, a hosier manufacturer from Slutsk, and Alice "Gussie" Goldfarb from Brest.
He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1934. He was general counsel and director of National General Corporation. and grandfather of actresses Rashida Jones and Kidada Jones.
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Who was Harold Lipton?
American lawyer and basketball executive
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Harold Lipton was born on 18 May 1911 in The Bronx.
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Harold Lipton died on 30 December 1999 in Palm Springs.
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Harold Lipton was a lawyer.
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Harold Lipton was American.
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