Murray Frum

Murray Frum (September 3, 1931 – May 28, 2013) was a Canadian real estate developer and philanthropist.

[2][3] Frum attended King Edward Public School and in 1950, graduated from the Harbord Collegiate Institute.

[1] Frum was a collector of African art and donated over 80 pieces to the Art Gallery of Ontario, one of the largest in North America; and along with his son-in-law, Howard Sokolowski, built the gallery in which the collection is housed.

[2] In 2007, he donated Bernini's 17th-century bronze of the crucifixion to the Art Gallery of Ontario which he bought while its origin was uncertain (it was later appraised at $50 million).

[2][1] Frum served on the boards of the Stratford Festival, the Canadian Centre for Advanced Film Study, and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Graves of Murray and Barbara Frum at York Cemetery