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Maurice Harry Fleishman

Los Angeles, California

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FLEISHMAN, Maurice Harry Maurice H. Fleishman died on September 11, 2009 at the age of 100. He died peacefully in his sleep just 23 days after a birthday party attended by family and friends at the home he built and lived in until he died. A practicing architect with an office in Beverly Hills,...

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Our favourite uncle; father of two favourite cuzzins.

I am sorry to hear of the passing of Mr. Fleishman. I purchased a Fleishman house that I wish to restore to original plan and have been recently researching his life work. I feel great peace in the house he designed and wish the same peace to Maurice and his family.

My favourite uncle, father of my favourite cousins. Am I allowed to say that? It would be nice to have another kind of family gathering. Maybe we can have Maurice design a communal house for us. I'm going to try to add a photo. All who read the original LA Times obit and my originally slightly modified one for Montreal could only remark on how he had really lived a life. I intend to put a lengthy one in the McGill alumnus mag. That will have to do. There didn't seem to be enough to say. Hope...

I have many, many fond memories of my Uncle Maurice. Whenever I visited him at his home, he was always so welcoming and kind and generous to me. I loved staying in his home. The design was simple, elegant, cozy and quite beautiful, both inside and out. As a young girl, I found him to be a really cool guy. I remember one visit that he and my Aunt Sue made to our home in Montreal. Elvis was all the rage at the time. My Uncle Maurice actually sat and listened to a song with me and made a kind...

I have many fond memories of my Great Uncle Maurice. He was a person like no one else I have ever met in my entire life. Well into his 90s, he was so full of life, so full of vigor, he celebrated every waking moment with a smile and joy. I can only hope that I too will live that long and be able to enjoy it like him.

His contributions to architectural design concepts should not be overlooked. He was adding advanced thinking ideas 25 years before they were being used like light...