David Geffen Hall in September 2015 after Geffen pledged a $100 million donation to the Lincoln Center renovation. Other interests Book design and typography Though he left publishing in 1943, he said book design was "my first love." He still designed books long after he had made a fortune in audio. For example, he designed "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples," by Winston Churchill (1960) and "The American Seasons," by Edwin Way Teale (1976). He donated his fees for those projects to charities. Fisher told an interviewer in 1976 "Looking at a beautiful typographical design is like listening to music." Music One of Fisher's most prized possessions was a genuine 1692 Stradivarius violin. He would loan the violin to promising artists for special performances. Automobiles Fisher was an life-long automobile enthusiast. As an enthusiastic driver, he said “I began in 1932 with the purchase of an Aston Martin, and since that time I've owned nothing but foreign cars. I still drive a 10‐year‐old Rover Mark III... when I die I'll be seated at the wheel of the Rover, and the whole thing will be lowered into the ground. Of course, all gassed up, in case I want to go somewhere.” Fisher founded the A. R. Fisher Products Corporation, offering specialty products to the auto enthusiast market. He imported aftermarket foreign auto parts, selling items such as high-performance Abarth exhaust systems for Fiats and Volkswagens in the early 1950s. Death Fisher died at age 87 at the New Milford Hospital in New Milford, Connecticut, on February 26, 1994, from complications from a stroke. His body was cremated. Fisher said of his life in a 1976 interview "You know, I’ve been awfully lucky. My whole life has been devoted to giving people pleasure." Legacy and honors 1956 – Elected Chairman of the Board, Institute of High Fidelity Manufacturers. 1960 – Fisher's circa 1937 "Philharmonic Futura" high-fidelity tuner with power supply and his "Philharmonic Futura" high-fidelity automatic turntable were acquired by the Smithsonian and displayed as the "nation's first high-fidelity (audio) receiver". See also Avery Fisher Prize References External links Biography Lincoln Center Obituary History in German 1906 births 1994 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American engineers 20th-century American Jews 20th-century philanthropists People from Brooklyn Engineers from New York City Philanthropists from New York (state) American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Jewish American philanthropists History of radio New York University alumni DeWitt Clinton High