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==Personal life== In 1939, Annenberg married Bernice Veronica Dunkelman. Bernice was raised in a Jewish family in Canada, the daughter of Canadian businessman David Dunkelman who was known for mass-producing low-cost suits and selling them at a single price of $14 at his chain of 65 retail stores.<ref>Ogden, Christopher (1999). [https://books.google.com/books?id=n0SujCRdh4gC&q=dunkelman&pg=PA308 ''Legacy: A Biography of Moses and Walter Annenberg'']. p. 263.</ref> They divorced in 1950 after eleven years together. While married, Dunkelman and Annenberg had two children: a daughter, [[Wallis Annenberg|Wallis]], and son, Roger. Roger died by suicide in 1962; to commemorate his death, [[Harvard University]], where Roger was a student at the time, now has a Roger Annenberg Hall named in his honor. In 1951, Annenberg married [[Leonore Annenberg|Leonore "Lee" Cohn]]. Lee was a niece of [[Harry Cohn]], the founder and president of [[Columbia Pictures]]. Although of Jewish ethnicity, she was raised a [[Christian Scientist]] by her uncle's wife. Despite being born to Jewish families, the Annenbergs were not practitioners of Judaism; they regularly celebrated Easter and Christmas with family and friends.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/February-2011/Return-to-Sunnylands-First-in-an-eight-part-series/ |title=Walter and Leonore Annenberg's estate in Rancho Mirage - Sunnylands |publisher=Palmspringslife.com |access-date=2013-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016165436/http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/February-2011/Return-to-Sunnylands-First-in-an-eight-part-series/ |archive-date=October 16, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 1993 [[Leonore Annenberg|Leonore]] and Walter Annenberg were awarded the [[National Medal of Arts]].<ref>[http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#93 Lifetime Honors - National Medal of Arts] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826194408/http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#93 |date=August 26, 2013 }}</ref>
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