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Dancewear Store Founder and Free Spirit, Taffy Epstein, Dies at Age 92

Source: Dance Studio Life Taffy Epstein, founder of the famous Taffy’s Inc. dancewear store and “simply someone who took everything from life and lived it to the fullest point” according to her family, died June 10. She was 92. Born on July 20, 1920 in Akron, Ohio, Epstein (nee Harriett Gombossy) graduated from Cleveland Heights […]

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Notable Local Death – Plain Dealer

Taffy Epstein died June 10 at University Hospitals at age 92. Her similarly uninhibited children reported her cause of death as “the Indians-Tigers series June 6-9”— a stretch when her beloved Indians seemed to die.

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How to Act on That Big Idea

How to Act on That Big Idea By: Jackie Parks I had run through my initial capital and needed additional funds to buy new equipment to drive my business forward. Then one day I got a call from Cleveland socialite Taffy Epstein, who offered me a $10,000 consulting fee to help her start a restaurant […]

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Don’t Call Her Harriet

A Dance Industry Legend: Don’t Call Her Harriet, By Marsha Proser Cohen