Robert Laemmle, the proprietor and former president of California’s arthouse chain Laemmle Theaters, has died. He was 89.
Deadline confirms that Robert died on Thursday at Berkley East Healthcare Middle in Santa Monica. A explanation for dying was not instantly recognized.
Robert’s son Greg Laemmle, who took over as Laemmle Theatres president in 2004, instructed the Los Angeles Instances his father was hospitalized after struggling a fall at his Santa Monica house on Dec. 23.
Born Sept. 5, 1935 in Paris, Bob Laemmle immigrated to the US along with his household in 1938, the identical yr his father Max and uncle Kurt Laemmle launched their first cinemas in Highland Park. Their uncle Carl Laemmle beforehand co-founded Common Footage in 1912.
Robert joined the household enterprise in 1961 earlier than finally taking up for his father. Though he retired in 2004, Robert continued going into the workplace till 2020 and operating the enterprise along with his son Greg.
“There actually has been a Laemmle within the movie enterprise ever since there was a movie enterprise,” Greg instructed Santa Monica Day by day Information in 2022. “It’s fairly uncommon to have a 3 generational household enterprise and I feel we occupy a singular, fascinating place in Los Angeles: being the household that has been bringing international movies to LA for generations, and people movies educate and encourage folks.”
Robert is survived by his spouse Michelle and his kids Greg, Jessica, Yvonne, Michelle, David, Carri, Mitchell, Maitland and Robert, in addition to 13 grandchildren.
