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Barbara Davis (née Levine; born October 9, 1930) is an American billionaire philanthropist. She is the widow of industrialist Marvin Davis. Biography Early life Born Barbara Levine in New York City in 1930, she graduated from Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, in 1951. Philanthropy In 1977, she established the Children's Diabetes Foundation. Since 1978, she has organized the black-tie, invitation-only Carousel of Hope Ball every two years to raise money for juvenile diabetes. In particular, the proceeds go to the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Aurora, Colorado and the Children's Diabetes Foundation. She also serves on the Boards of Trustees of the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, the Race to Erase MS in Los Angeles, California and the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California. Additionally, she is a member of the Blue Ribbon Panel of the Los Angeles Music Center. In November 1992, she received the 1992 Promise Ball Humanitarian Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International in New York City (JDRF). In 1995, she received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the University of Colorado. In 2004, she received the Angel Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in Los Angeles. Personal life She married Marvin Davis (1925–2004) in 1951. They had five children: Patricia Davis Raynes. John Davis. Nancy Davis Rickel (married Nebil Zarif; they had three sons: actor Jason Davis (1984-2020), Brandon Davis and Alexander Davis; they divorced and she remarried to Ken Rickel; they had two daughters: Isabella Rickel and Mariella Rickel). Gregg Davis (married actress Kim Richards; they had two children: Whitney Davis (born 1990) and Chad Davis (born 1991); they later divorced). Dana Davis. They resided in Denver, Colorado, from 1951 to 1985. In 1985, they moved to The Knoll, an estate in Beverly Hills, California. Shortly after his death, she sold it for $46 million and moved into a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Additionally, in 2011 she listed a condominium she owned in the Wilshire Corridor in Westwood, Los Angeles. In 2006, she was worth $2.5 billion. References. Discover the Barbara Davis popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Barbara Davis books.
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Obsession
Susan LewisCorrie Browne is an ordinary girl with extraordinary ambitions. Determined to find the father she has never known, her search takes her from the quiet Suffolk village where she liv...
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Summary of The Keeper of Happy Endings by Davis Barbara
Justin ReeseDISCLAIMERTHIS IS NOT WRITTEN BY Davis BarbaraIT IS AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION BY Justin ReeseAn enchanting novel about fate, second chances, and hope, lost and found, by the Amazo...
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Sinatra and Me
Tony Oppedisano & Mary Jane RossThis intimate, revealing portrait of Frank Sinatrafrom the man closest to the famous singer during the last decade of his lifefeatures neverbeforeseen photos and new revelations ab...
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The Secrets She Carried
Barbara DavisWhen a young woman returns to North Carolina after a thirtyyear absence, she finds that the once grand tobacco plantation she called home holds more secrets than she ever imagined....
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The Corpse in the Gazebo
Debra SennefelderFood blogging is turning Hope Early into a household name. But the dead body down the block makes her a #1 suspect . . . It seems everyone loves Hope’s blog these days, and ...
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Strength in Stillness
Bob RothInstant New York Times Bestseller A simple, straightforward exploration of Transcendental Meditation and its benefits from world authority Bob Roth.Oprah Winfrey and Jerry Seinfeld...
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Parables of Light
Barbara DavisActs 2:16, 17But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel, And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith the Lord, I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh; and you...
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Love, Alice
Barbara DavisA sweeping southern women’s fiction novel about forgiving the past one letter at a timefrom the author of When Never Comes.A year ago, Dovie Larkin’s life was shattered when her fi...
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The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories
Maxim JakubowskiMaxim Jakubowski, together with Nathan Braund, edited the bestselling Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper (1999), which has reprinted several times and was reissued in 2008 in a revise...
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Forbidden Cocktails
André Darlington & Mark A. VieiraA stunning package for classic film buffs and drinks enthusiasts alike, all the “forbidden” fun of PreCode Hollywood and the Prohibition and speakeasy era meet in this stylish cock...
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Dynamic Dames
Sloan De Forest, Julie Newmar & Turner Classic MoviesCelebrate 50 of the most empowering and unforgettable female characters ever to grace the screen, as well as the artists who brought them to vibrant life!From Scarlett O'Hara to Th...
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Dressing Up the Stars
Jeanne Walker HarveyDiscover the true story of how a shy miner’s daughter became one of the most legendary costume designers in Hollywood in this inspiring nonfiction picture book biography.As a child...
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Howard Wingfield Davis v. Barbara S. Davis
Second District, Fort Worth Court of Appeals of TexasThis is an appeal from a summary judgment wherein Howard Davis, the appellant, brought suit against his exwife, Barbara Davis, George Etter IV, and United States National Bank, the...
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Vegas Gold
David WillsAn evocative, glamorous look at the golden years of Las Vegas, captured in more than 125 lush color and blackandwhite photographs."I love that town. No clocks. No locks. No restric...
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Whatever It Takes
Elaine LordanElaine Lordan is wellknown to millions as EastEnders' Lynne Slater. Yet the reallife heartache and loss she came to suffer eclipsed even the rollercoaster troubles of her TV charac...
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Who Pays The Piper
Mackenzie SmithIt's 1999. The SAS have been sent to the jungle of Sierra Leone to rescue a group of British soldiers taken hostage by the notorious West Side Boys. Captain Christian McKie leads a...
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Summer at Hideaway Key
Barbara DavisFrom the author of The Wishing Tide comes a stunning new novel about two summers, one journal, and the secrets that can break and open our hearts.... Pragmatic, independent Li...
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The Wishing Tide
Barbara DavisFrom the acclaimed author of When Never Comes comes a novel about the pull of the past and the power of love. As offseason begins on the Outer Banks, a storm makes landfall, and th...
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Brilliantly Bad
Mark TannerA miscellany of actual patents for wonderfully bizarre inventions, Brilliantly Bad is a salute to what the human mind can achieve – even if it probably shouldn’t.This collection of...