Arts supporter Beatrice Gersh dies at 87

Released: Mon., March. 10, 2011, 1:40pm PTBeatrice Gersh Longtime La philanthropist and arts supporter Beatrice Gersh, whose late husband Phil founded the Gersh Agency, died of natural causes Sunday in La. She was 87. Services will probably be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Hillside Memorial Park & Mortuary, 6001 Centinela Blvd., La. Beatrice Gersh was part of a business that aided found the Museum of latest Art in La, and he or she and her husband ongoing to become notable supporter in the museum. Born Beatrice Aberle in La, she attended Stanford and USC and trained history at USC prior to getting married to Phil Gersh. Phil Gersh founded the Gersh Agency in 1949, as well as the couple increased to become couple of from the first fanatics of recent art in La, serving round the L.A. County Museum of Art's Modern and Contemporary Art Council for quite some time. She appeared to become a founding father from the La Music Center together with an individual without anyone's knowledge music Center's Blue Ribbon group. In 1989, MOCA presented "Options within the Beatrice and Phillip Gersh Collection," an exhibit of pieces presented to the museum with the couple and options within the Gershs' private collection. Phil Gersh died at 92 in 2004. Beatrice Gersh is managed to get by brothers and sisters Charles and Leon sons David and Bob, co-presidents in the Gersh agency, and grandchildren Steven, who's a Gersh agent Laura, a Gersh staffer Jessica Bill, a TV production staffer, and Annie. Donations may be made to the Museum of latest Art. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com