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- Birth nameHerman Milton Greenspun
- Hank Greenspun was born on August 27, 1909 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Fever Pitch (1985), Sammy and Company (1975) and Crime Inc. (1984). He was married to Barbara Greenspun. He died on July 23, 1989 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- SpouseBarbara Greenspun(1944 - July 23, 1989) (his death, 4 children)
- Convicted with Al Schwimmer in 1950 of smuggling weapons to Israel in violation of the Neutrality Act. Greenspun was fined $10,000, and eventually pardoned by President John F. Kennedy. Schwimmer was barred from voting or employment by the federal government, and dishonorably discharged from the Air Force Reserve. He was pardoned by President Bill Clinton in 2001 as a favor to Greenspun's son, Brian.
- Owner and publisher of the Las Vegas Sun newspaper from 1950-1989. Started the first TV station in Nevada, KLAS-TV, which he sold to Howard Hughes in 1966.
- Father (by Barbara Greenspun) also of actress Janie Greenspun.
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