Mane Katz, internationally famous Jewish artist who, only two weeks ago, was honored by the French Government with a decoration as an officer of the Legion of Honor, died in a hospital here last night. He was 68. He had already held the rank of member of the French Legion of Honor, awarded in 1951. He had studios in New York and in Paris.
Mr. Katz, who was born in Ukrainia, Russia, in 1894, was taken ill in Paris two weeks ago. Friends brought him here and had him hospitalized. Funeral services will be held at Hai a tomorrow. The noted painter had exhibited his works to great acclaim in every major gallery in most of the art centers of the Western world.
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