Gerald Shur (October 18, 1933 – August 25, 2020) was an American lawyer, and the founder of the

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. Gerald Shur was born on October 18, 1933, in the Bronx, New York, the son of Rose (Nissell) Shur, a homemaker, and, Abraham, general manager of the United Popular Dress Manufacturers Association, an employer group, and later owner of a dress-manufacturing shop. Shur was educated at

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in the Bronx, and earned a bachelor's degree in business administration at the

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in 1955, followed by a law degree there in 1957. Shur died aged 86 on August 25, 2020 at his home in

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, from lung cancer.

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