Louis Fabricant, former vice-president of the B’nai B’rith, dies here last night. He was 58 years old.
Fabricant, who was attending the triennial convention of B’nai B’rith as a delegate from New York, his home, was stricken with a heart attack at 8:30 p.m., while attending a convention meeting, and died several hours later. He was a former assistant district attorney of New York County and one-time national director and chief counsel for the Legal Aid Society.
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