Lewis Katz's Vision for the New Jersey Nets Went Unrealized

Philanthropist Lewis Katz had a legacy of charity to schools and communities in his hometown Camden, and in his adopted second home Philadelphia.

Lewis Katz, 72, and six others died after his private jet exploded on the runway of a Massachusetts airport on Saturday night. Friends, officials and countless others touched by his generosity are mourning his sudden, tragic death. (pennlive.com file

Sad news this morning: Lewis Katz, '66g, died in a private plane crash over a Massachusetts field last night, according to various outlets. The Dickinson Law graduate, for whom the Law Building here is named after, was the 

Lewis Katz, 72, and six others died after his private jet exploded on the runway of a Massachusetts airport on Saturday night. Friends, officials and countless others touched by his generosity are mourning his sudden, tragic death. (pennlive.com file

Lewis Katz, a co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer who had only recently emerged triumphant in a battle for control of the newspaper, died in a plane crash on Saturday night in Massachusetts. He was 72. Inquirer executives announced his death. Mr