Henry Wollman Bloch, Major Patron of Kansas City Arts, Passes Away

April 24th, 2019

Henry Wollman Bloch, a co-founder of H&R Block Inc. and a major supporter of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, has died at age 96. “Henry is irreplaceable,” Julián Zugazagoitia, the director and CEO of the Nelson-Atkins, said in a statement. “His leadership and dedication have been vital to the success of the Nelson-Atkins. But beyond the museum, Henry has been an outstanding citizen whose generosity and vision have had a transformative impact on Kansas City being the great city it is today. . . . We will miss him very much.”

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