Murray Frum

Murray Frum (September 3, 1931 – May 28, 2013) was a Canadian real estate developer and philanthropist.

He was born to a Jewish family on September 3, 1931, the only child of Saul and Rivka Frum, who had emigrated from Poland the year before. Most of their family who stayed in Poland were murdered in the Holocaust. Frum attended King Edward Public School and in 1950, graduated from the Harbord Collegiate Institute. The couple had three children: David Frum, a journalist and a former speechwriter for U.S. president George W. Bush; Linda Frum, a Canadian senator who is married to Howard Sokolowski; and Matthew Frum.

His second marriage was to Nancy Lockhart. He died on May 28, 2013, at his home in Toronto of lung cancer despite being a non-smoker. He was buried with Barbara at York Cemetery.