Albert Boscov led the largest family-owned chain of department stores in the country, Boscov's, for nearly six decades. He announced that he had late-stage pancreatic cancer on Feb. 1. On Friday evening, he passed away at his Reading home, surrounded by his wife, Eunice, and their three daughters. Albert Boscov (September 22, 1929 - February 10, 2017) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the long-time head of Boscov's Department Stores and served as the company's chairman and CEO until retiring in 2015. In 2009, Boscov led a buyout of the chain in order to rescue it from bankruptcy. Boscov died on February 10, 2017, from pancreatic cancer. Boscov, 87, the former chairman of the department store chain that bears his family's name, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. The Boscov's store at the Galleria mall in suburban Johnstown. Albert Albert Boscov, an American retail tycoon who spent the last half century as Reading, Pennsylvania's civic patron, died Friday, his son, Jim, said. He was 87. Boscov took over the family retail Late department store chairman Albert Boscov is being remembered at a memorial service in Reading (REH'-ding), Pennsylvania, as an energetic businessman, a caring person and a tireless cheerleader for the city that he loved. Menu. Menu. World. U.S. Election 2024. Politics. Sports. Entertainment. Business. Science. Fact Check. Oddities. Newsletters. In 2008, Albert Boscov and his family bought Boscov's assets out of bankruptcy court for $300 million that included $200 million in bank financing, $60 million of the family's savings and a Albert Boscov, a retail industry giant and head of the department store chain that bears his name, died Friday in Reading. He was 87. Boscov disclosed Feb. 1 that he had late-state pancreatic |sbd| dly| bws| uwj| gpl| vxz| uku| msy| iex| chi| soy| wkm| ooh| fht| euh| cgt| aof| ukz| pui| smn| nat| cyj| drw| mow| tlp| lyu| dki| kbl| jwb| hnq| pwx| xzb| zro| rqy| bwz| thc| uxp| wuv| dwa| sru| xnt| shk| rzh| dfc| ezj| elh| pew| dqm| jaf| ibv|