The Jewish entrepreneur who bought Newsweek magazine last year has died.
Sidney Harman died April 12 in Washington, D.C., one month after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, his family said in a statement. He was 92.
Harman, who was married to former Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice), was executive chairman of Newsweek and chairman of the Academy for Polymathic Study at the University of Southern California, where he also taught, at the time of his death.
He served as a top Commerce Department official under President Jimmy Carter.
Harman was the founder of Harman Kardon, which pioneered new technologies in stereo equipment. He left the company, now called Harman International Industries, in 2007.
Jane Harman is a pro-Israel stalwart who had close ties to the U.S. intelligence community. She resigned in February to head the Woodrow Wilson Center, a foreign policy think tank. — jta