Gelb

The friendship between Winston Lord, who was born to wealth and privilege, and Leslie Gelb, who was not, started when Lord’s wife and Gelb were students at Tufts University in Massachusetts. It ended in August when Gelb died.

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While Lord was born to a wealthy family in New York City that was part of the Pillsbury flour empire, Gelb grew up in the suburbs to an immigrant family.

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Leslie Gelb watches sports on a TV with his cat Wiley.

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Gelb married his wife, Judith, in 1959, despite her parents’ reservations about his lackluster roots.

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