https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/05/01/eli-broad-who-helped-reshape-los-angeles-dies-at-87-3/ > Eli Broad, a businessman and philanthropist whose vast fortune, extensive art collection and zeal for civic improvement helped reshape the cultural landscape of Los Angeles, died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 87. > Suzi Emmerling, a spokesperson for the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, confirmed his death, which she said came after a long illness.