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Leonard Abrams was born on 19 December, 1954 in New York City, U.S., is an American journalist (1954–2023). Discover Leonard Abrams's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?
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Journalist |
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68 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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19 December, 1954 |
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19 December |
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New York City, U.S. |
| Date of death |
1 April, 2023 |
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New Jersey Turnpike, U.S. |
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Leonard Abrams Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Leonard Abrams Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Leonard Abrams worth at the age of 68 years old? Leonard Abrams’s income source is mostly from being a successful Journalist. He is from . We have estimated Leonard Abrams's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
Leonard Abrams (December 19, 1954 – April 1, 2023) was an American journalist and the founder of East Village Eye.
Abrams was born on December 19, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York.
His father was a furrier and later a securities trader.
His mother was a bank executive.
Abrams studied literature at Fordham University.
In 1976, he moved to the East Village and started working as a bicycle messenger.
In May 1979, the first edition of the East Village Eye was published, with Abrams credited as editor-in-chief.
The cultural magazine was in circulation from May 1979 until January 1987.
The magazine had a total of 72 issues.
It covered topics such as the emergence of punk rock, hip hop, and fashion as well as the burgeoning art and nightlife scenes that were centered in the East Village neighborhood during the 1980s.
The Eye was most influential in the early 1980s, filling a gap after the closure of the SoHo Weekly News in 1982 and before the rise of Details magazine.
The Eye is said to be the first publication to print a comprehensive definition of hip-hop in an interview in the January 1982 issue.
In the interview by the writer Michael Holman with Afrika Bambaataa the term was summarized as “the all-inclusive tag for the rapping, breaking, graffiti-writing, crew-fashion-wearing street subculture.”
Abrams shut the paper down after being stressed by the extensive work of running it, the lack of money that the paper generated, and the changing dynamics of the area caused by gentrification which forced out artists.
In 1987, he oversaw Hotel Amazon, a regular Lower East Side hip-hop party which featured acts such as Public Enemy, De La Soul, Queen Latifah, and A Tribe Called Quest.
In 2008, he wrote and directed the documentary Quilombo Country which tells the story of villages in Brazil founded by fugitive slaves.
In his later life, Abrams had a business importing Mexican religious items.
In 2023, Abrams sold the archive of the East Village Eye to the New York Public Library.
On April 1, 2023, Abrams died of a heart attack while at a rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike while returning to Queens from a business trip.
