People named Robert Mendelsohn

Robert R Mendelsohn of Swampscott, Essex County, MA was born on November 10, 1921, and died at age 71 years old on November 12, 1992.

Robert A Mendelsohn of White Plains, Westchester County, NY was born on March 26, 1927, and died at age 81 years old on December 28, 2008.

News Photographer in Philadelphia. Obituaries Robert Mendelsohn, 61, a photographer known for documenting Philadelphia’s black social scene 'Rob and his camera were a fixture in and around Philadelphia’s African American community for decades' Robert Mendelsohn shot Philly's top events for decades. by Jenice Armstrong and Andrew Maykuth Updated Jul 29, 2019 Robert Mendelsohn, 61, a white photographer who was known and beloved for chronicling Philadelphia’s black social scene, has died. Mr. Mendelsohn was found dead Friday night at his Germantown rooming house after he failed to respond to messages, according to his sister Judith Mendelsohn Marcus, of Delran, Burlington County. She said the cause of death was heart disease. A time of death has not been determined. Mr. Mendelsohn attended nearly every prominent event in the African American community for more than 20 years, and worked almost exclusively for black-owned publications such as the Philadelphia Sunday Sun, the Philadelphia Tribune, and the Philadelphia New Observer. “Rob and his camera were a fixture in and around Philadelphia’s African American community for decades and his images captured the celebrations, triumphs, and tragedies of black life,” the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists said in a Facebook post announcing his death. City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown said she was contacted by four different staffers on Saturday as news of Mr. Mendelsohn’s death spread. “Robert has been at every single event ... that my office has hosted for the last 19 years and he always traveled on public transportation,” she said. “He was devoted to the media outlets he represented. ... He always had a smile.” Robert Mendelsohn, 61, photographer Mendelsohn Family Mr. Mendelsohn grew up in Feltonville, the son of Philip and Adele Mendelsohn, a warehouse worker and a retail worker. In a 2013 interview, he said his was one of just several Jewish families in a neighborhood populated mostly by white Roman Catholics. He said that he gravitated toward African Americans after black students started to be bused to his school. After graduating from Olney High School in 1975, he worked as a warehouse stock clerk and did some telemarketing. As a hobby, he’d hang around outside The Mike Douglas Show collecting autographs and photos of celebrities as they exited the KYW-TV studios at Fifth and Market Streets. He also traveled to New York, collecting photographs of himself with stars like Natalie Wood, Muhammad Ali, and John Travolta. In 1994, he took a job as an in-store photographer at a Kmart in the Northeast, his first paid photography job. He caught a professional break when he sneaked into the 1995 National Association of Black Journalists conference in Philly to photograph Johnnie Cochran, the defense attorney from O.J. Simpson’s murder trial. A reporter for the Sun invited him to shoot pictures for the paper. “My photography career really was a fluke,” he said in a 2012 In the African American community, Mr. Mendelsohn turned his position as an outsider into “the ultimate insider” and won a “level of trust" from the people he photographed, Bobbi Booker, a Philadelphia journalist, said in the YouTube documentary. Booker posted a tribute Saturday in which she likened Mr. Mendelsohn to the disheveled television detective Columbo, and called him a “survivor who was an unlikely celebrity behind, and in front of, the camera.” Jenice Armstrong: Meet the man behind the lens of Philly’s biggest black social events Mr. Mendelsohn told Guerilus he just wanted to be remembered as "a nice guy who did the right thing and never hurt anybody and took a pretty good picture that most people seemed to like.” Mr. Mendelsohn was single. He is survived by his sister. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 31, at Goldsteins’ Rosenberg’s Raphael-Sacks, 6410 N. Broad St., Philadelphia. Published July 27, 2019

Robert Mendelsohn of King County, Washington United States was born circa 1923. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert Mendelsohn.

Robert R Mendelsohn of Marion County, Indiana United States was born circa 1917. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert R Mendelsohn.

Robert E Mendelsohn of Middlesex County, New Jersey United States was born circa 1903. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert E Mendelsohn.

Robert B Mendelsohn was born on December 29, 1949, and died at age 56 years old on December 10, 2006. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert B Mendelsohn.

Robert A Mendelsohn was born on February 5, 1920, and died at age 72 years old on February 27, 1992. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert A Mendelsohn.

Robert Mendelsohn of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on January 15, 1902, and died at age 73 years old in April 1975.

Robert W Mendelsohn of Bangor, Van Buren County, MI was born on November 25, 1932, and died at age 62 years old on August 11, 1995.

Robert Mendelsohn of Reading, Berks County, PA was born on June 3, 1903, and died at age 76 years old in May 1980.

Robert Mendelsohn was born on July 26, 1940, and died at age 52 years old on June 19, 1993. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert Mendelsohn.

Robert Mendelsohn of Orange, Essex County, NJ was born on November 10, 1902, and died at age 82 years old in June 1985.

Robert D Mendelsohn was born on January 15, 1931, and died at age 50 years old on December 14, 1981. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert D Mendelsohn.

Robert Mendelsohn of NJ was born on November 23, 1895 in Manhattan County, NY, and died at age 67 years old in November 1962.

Robert Mendelsohn of Madison, Madison County, AL was born on December 8, 1908, and died at age 79 years old on October 4, 1988.

Robert Mendelsohn of Staten Island, Richmond County, NY was born on July 11, 1925, and died at age 75 years old on March 25, 2001.

Robert Mendelsohn of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on December 31, 1904, and died at age 77 years old in October 1982.

Robert Mendelsohn of Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, FL was born on May 9, 1903, and died at age 81 years old in August 1984.