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Gitta Jacobs dies at 85 " known for her support of Chicago theaters, few knew of her childhood flight from Nazi Austria by Chris Jones

Gitta Jacobs, whom her son Clay Jacobs said died peacefully in her Gold Coast home Friday at the age of 85, probably served as a director of more small Chicago theaters than any other single individual. At various times during the past several decades, she sat on the board of (among others) Shattered...

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune at 07:00PM on December 10, 2018

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