Attorney Fred Levin, who fought tobacco industry, dies at 83
FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 22, 1999, file photo, attorney Fred Levin waits to be honored by the Ambassador of Ghana to the United States, at the United Nations. Levin, the Florida attorney who won a major legal battle against the tobacco industry in the 1990s, died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, days after contracting the coronavirus. He was 83. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey, File) January 13, 2021 - 3:37 AM
PENSACOLA, Fla. - Florida attorney Fred Levin, who won a major legal battle against the tobacco industry in the 1990s, died Tuesday, several days after contracting the coronavirus. He was 83.
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UF’s College of Law namesake has died after contracting COVID-19
He died Tuesday afternoon at the age of 83 Century Tower
UF alumnus Fred Levin died Tuesday afternoon of COVID-19 complications at the age of 83.
After graduating from the University of Florida College of Law, Levin became a practicing attorney in Pensacola in 1961. UF renamed its law school in 1999 to Fredric G. Levin College of Law after Levin made a $10 million contribution to the school the previous year. At the time his donation was the largest cash gift the university had received.
Levin Papantonio Rafferty, a law firm started by Levin s brother, announced his death on Facebook Tuesday evening citing COVID-19 complications.
Florida attorney Fred Levin, who won a major legal battle against the tobacco industry in the 1990s, died Tuesday, several days after contracting the coronavirus. He was 83.
Fred Levin, the Florida attorney who won a major legal battle against the tobacco industry in the 1990s, has died days after contracting the coronavirus