the president of the Los Angeles-based Laemmle Theatres who ran the chain until his son Greg took over in 2004, died Thursday ...

SANTA MONICA — Robert Laemmle, who kept the Laemmle Theatres art house cinema chain going throughout Los Angeles when he took over from his father, died today at age 89, it was reported.

He was 89. Deadline confirms that Robert died on Thursday at Berkley East Healthcare Center in Santa Monica. A cause of death was not immediately known. Robert’s son Greg Laemmle, who took over ...