What is Zev Buffman?
{{Infobox person | name = Zev Buffman | image = Zev Buffman.jpg | image_size=250px | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|10|11}} | birth_place = [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|3|31|1930|10|11}} | death_place = [[Seattle, Washington]], U.S. | occupation = {{Flatlist| * Broadway Producer * CEO * Sports Team Owner }} | organization = {{Plainlist| *Ruth Eckerd Hall * }} | spouse = Vilma Buffman | website = }} '''Zev Buffman''' (October 11, 1930<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.floridatheateronstage.com/news/zev-buffman-legendary-local-national-figure-dead-at-89/ | title=Zev Buffman, Legendary Local & National Figure, Dead at 89 &#124; Florida Theater on Stage | date=3 April 2020 }}</ref> – March 31, 2020) was an Israeli [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] producer. He was President and CEO of [[Ruth Eckerd Hall]] in [[Clearwater, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/tampa/article/Ruth-Eckerd-Halls-Former-President-and-CEO-Zev-Buffman-Passes-Away-At-Age-89-20200403 | title=Ruth Eckerd Hall's Former President and CEO Zev Buffman Passes Away at Age 89 }}</ref> He made more than 40 Broadway shows. He partnered with [[Elizabeth Taylor]] to present her in her Broadway debut, ''The Little Foxes''. Buffman was also the co-founding General Partner of the [[NBA]] Champion Basketball team the [[Miami Heat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/heat/history/yearbyyear_intro.html |title=Playoff Year-By-Year &#124; The Official Site Of The Miami Heat |work=NBA.com |access-date=September 5, 2013}}</ref> In 2011-2018, Buffman was named the President & CEO of Ruth Eckerd Hall. Buffman died at a hospital in [[Seattle]] of [[pancreatic cancer]] on March 31, 2020 at the age of 89.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/theater/zev-buffman-dead.html Zev Buffman, 89, Prolific Producer From Broadway to Florida, Dies]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Buffman, Zev}