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Rudi Scheidt, philanthropist and businessman, dies at 95
The Memphis arts community lost one of its greatest benefactors with the death Sunday of Rudi E. Scheidt at the age of 95.
Scheidt, a retired cotton industry executive who was the former chairman of Hohenberg Brothers, gave millions of dollars along with his wife, Honey Hohenberg Scheidt, to Memphis nonprofits and arts causes.
“Much of the coverage of Rudi refers to him as a philanthropist, businessman, and patron of the arts, but that doesn’t begin to describe him,” Rabbi Micah Greenstein of Temple Israel said.
“Rudi was a true humanitarian.
“I have received dozens of emails, calls, and texts from every corner of the Memphis community – black and white, Christian and Jew, men and women, disadvantaged and privileged – it’s unbelievable how many have called him their 'true mentor and 'dear friend’.”
In 2000, the Scheidts gave a multimillion-dollar gift to the school of music at the University of Memphis.
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