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Human Rights Watch mourns the death of our friend, supporter, and board member Sid Sheinberg, a legendary Hollywood executive who died at home on March 7 aged 84. @hrw hrw.org/news/2019/03/0…
Sheinberg and his wife Lorraine worked tirelessly for decades to support human rights and were instrumental in helping Human Rights Watch to establish work on the rights of women and LGBT people. @hrw #LGBT
“Behind his sometimes gruff demeanor, Sid was an incredibly warm, empathetic and perceptive man. He used his intelligence, his compassion, and his extraordinary network of contacts to help build Human Rights Watch into an international organization.” @KenRoth
With his wife Lorraine, a noted women’s rights activist who starred in Jaws, Sheinberg helped to build up Human Rights Watch’s women’s rights division, now a thriving team working on women’s rights issues around the world.
Sheinberg also helped to establish the Los Angeles committee, which builds support in Southern California for the organization and for human rights. His strong, consistent leadership helped to create a global network, with committees supporting @hrw in 22 cities worldwide today.
Sheinberg was widely recognized as an outspoken LGBT ally – in 1992, for example, as President and COO of MCA Inc, which included Universal, he made it the first company in Hollywood to recognize same-sex partners for benefits.
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