article_snippet.sent: The announcement was made by his son, Robert Taubman, the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Taubman Centers Inc., the company his father founded 65 years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Taubman remained active until the end of Taubman life.
article_snippet.sent: Taubman devoted much of Taubman energy in Taubman later years to philanthropic activities.
article_snippet.sent: And, just over three weeks before Taubman death, Taubman attended the grand opening of The Mall of San Juan in Puerto Rico with Taubman sons Robert and William.
article_snippet.sent: According to a statement by Robert Taubman, the patriarch had dinner in the patriarch home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, on Friday, then died of a heart attack.
article_snippet.sent: In addition to the patriarch , he is survived by a daughter, Gayle Taubman Kalisman, who is co-chair of the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute's advisory board, two stepchildren, and he second wife, Judith Mazor Rounick, a former Miss Israel.
highlights_snippet.sent: Alfred Taubman, who died Friday, was active in philanthropy and worth an estimated $3.1 billion .
  