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Name
  
Warner LeRoy

Role
  
Businessman

Died
  
February 22, 2001


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Children
  
Bridget Warner, Jennifer Warner, Carolyn Warner, Max Warner

Siblings
  
Quentin Vidor, Linda LeRoy Janklow, Brian Vidor

Parents
  
Doris Warner, Mervyn LeRoy

Awards
  
James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant Design

Similar People
  
Mervyn LeRoy, Harry Warner, Billy Rose, Charles Vidor, Edna Murphy

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Warner LeRoy (March 3, 1935 – February 22, 2001), was a New York businessman. LeRoy was the son of film producer-director Mervyn LeRoy and Mervyn's second wife, Doris Warner, and was the grandson of Harry Warner, one of the founders of Warner Bros. and a major contributor to the development of the film industry.

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Career

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Warner founded LeRoy Adventures, which owned and operated the York Cinema, Maxwell's Plum, Potomac in Washington, D.C., Great Adventure, Tavern on the Green and the Russian Tea Room.

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Tavern on the Green, located in Central Park, was one of the most popular restaurants in New York City. In 1974, LeRoy took over the restaurant's lease and reopened it in 1976 after $10 million in renovations. During a labor dispute in 1989, Warner was quoted as asking, "What do waiters need a pension for?" Warner was known to pay for his employees' children's education. Tavern routinely produced the highest gross revenue of all U.S. restaurants during the years from the 1980s until the early 2000s.

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In 1995, LeRoy purchased The Russian Tea Room, and sank $32 million into renovations. It closed in 2002, one year after LeRoy's death. It later reopened under different ownership.

Personal life

He had one child, Bridget, with his first wife, Gen LeRoy Walton, and three children with his second wife Kay O'Reilly: Carolyn, Max, and Jennifer. Jennifer became the CEO of LeRoy Adventures at age 22 upon LeRoy's death of complications from lymphoma in 2001.

Warner's son Max was killed in a motorcycle accident in November 2005 at the age of 30; Max was a close friend of Sean Lennon, who dedicated his 2006 album, Friendly Fire to Max.

References

Warner LeRoy Wikipedia


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