Tampa philanthropist Elaine Shimberg remembered as a ‘renaissance woman’ Divya Kumar, Tampa Bay Times
Elaine Shimberg stood 4 feet, 11 and three-quarter inches tall, but it was hard not to notice when she walked into a room.
Her energy filled the space, those who were close to her said after Ms. Shimberg a writer, actress, mother and philanthropist died Wednesday in Tampa. She was 84.
“She would brighten up any room,” said Judy Lisi, a close friend and the CEO of the Straz Center for the Peforming Arts, where the 130-seat black-box theater is named for Ms. Shimberg and her husband, Hinks.
“She was a real renaissance woman,” Lisi added. “How one person did all of this is pretty amazing. And she made all of it look easy, too.”