What is Leon Charney?
{{Infobox person | name = Leon H. Charney | image = Leon Charney.jpg | caption = | birthname = | birth_date = 1938 | birth_place = [[Bayonne, New Jersey]], [[U.S.]] | death_date = {{death-date and age|March 21, 2016|1938}} | death_place = | occupation = Real Estate investor, talk-show host, author, cantor, philanthropist | spouse = Tzili Doron | children = Mickey Charney<br> Nati Charney | website = [http://www.charneyreport.com The Leon Charney Report] http://www.charneyresolutioncenter.com/leon-charney/ | footnotes = | nationality = [[United States]] }} '''Leon Charney''' (1938 &ndash; 22 March 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] real estate [[tycoon]], author, philanthropist, [[Pundit (expert)|political pundit]], media personality and [[Hazzan|Jewish cantor]]. He lived in [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]]. In March 2012, ''[[Forbes]]'' listed Charney as #353 among the wealthiest Americans. In 1979, Charney played an important role as the unofficial adviser to former [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]], most well known for his behind-the-scenes role in the [[Camp David Accords]] which created the first comprehensive peace between [[Israel]] and [[Egypt]] in 1978 and 1979. Charney died on March 21, 2016 at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/leon-charney-dies-1.5421336|title=Leon Charney, Property Tycoon Who Helped Foster Israel-Egypt Negotiations, Dies|date=22 March 2016|publisher=|via=Haaretz}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.lhcharney.com/ L. H. Charney Associates Inc.] * {{IMDb name|name=Leon Charney|id=0153369}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Charney, Leon}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:American billionaires]] [[Category:Philanthropists from New York (state)]] [[Category:Businesspeople from New Jersey]] [[Category:People from Bayonne, New Jersey]]