RIP Leon Bleiberg

Leon William Bleiberg
June 9, 1932 – November 6, 2017


Forest Lawn Cemetery
 

Leon William Bleiberg, 85, born on June 9, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, passed away on November 6, 2017. He resided in Newbury Park, California, at the time of his passing. Arrangements are under the direction of Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California. Leon (Lee) was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Helen and Paul (Pincus) Bleiberg. The family of six (Paul, Helen, Donald, Miriam, Shirley, and Leon) moved to Los Angeles when Lee was three. He excelled at Fairfax High in sports and cheerleading and graduated from Temple University, School of Podiatric Medicine, in Philadelphia, in 1955, where he headed the cheerleading team. Leon served in the U. S. Navy, after which he practiced podiatric medicine in Westchester, California. He was a member of the Masonic Los Angeles Lodge No. 42, the Shriners, Al Malaikah, and the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, S.J. USA. Lee also produced three motion pictures; TERRIFIED, DAY OF THE NIGHTMARE, and GUNHAWK. He was an avid supporter of affordable health care for everyone and developed Totalcare Systems of America, CineMedics, and the Medical Trianon Health Share System. Leon married Bertha (Beth) Daigle and had four children: Kristina, Kelley, Kimberly, and Paul. Lee is survived by his wife Beth and his children and grandchildren: KRIS, Christopher, Sienna, and Dylan Dukes; KELLEY, Mark, Joel, and Avery Newhouse; KIM, Erich, Hunter, and Madison Schwab; PAUL Bleiberg; his only living sister, Shirley Williams, and her family; and his nieces and nephews from his brother Don and sister Miriam.
 
 
BLEIBERG, Leon (Leon William Bleiberg)
Born: 6/9/1932, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
Died: 11/6/2017, Newbury Park, California, U.S.A.
 
Leon Bleiberg’s western - associate producer:
The Gun Hawk - 1963