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03/12/2013 - Third Annual Fountain House Associates Spring Breakfast: “Between The Sheets”
03/05/2013 - NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER’S FACES GALA HONORING LEON CHARNEY RAISED $4.5 MILLION
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02/23/2013 - Eleventh Annual “Thanksgiving in February” Feeds over 500 of New York’s Needy
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02/21/2013 - 24th Annual Gala of Heart & Soul Charitable Fund Auction at Christie’s
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02/13/2013 - Lost and Found: The Pinajian Discovery, a benefit preview for the Fund for Armenian Relief
02/08/2013 - 56th Annual Red Cross Ball in Palm Beach
02/07/2013 - Lost and Found: The Pinajian Discovery benefit preview for the Fund for Armenian Relief
02/06/2013 - All Star Orchestra’s Preview Screening of their New Classical Music and On-line Education Television
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Rita Hayworth Gala New York City Kick-Off
09/26/2011 - By New York, NY

Rita Hayworth Gala New York City Kick-Off

On Monday, September 26, a glamorous and fashionable New York crowd came out for cocktails at the San Remo Apartment Building on Central Park Westwhere Rita Hayworth once lived with her daughter Princess Yasmin Aga Khan.

Van Cleef & Arpel’s Nicolas Luchsinger and the Princess hosted a kick off for the 2011 Rita Hayworth Gala being held on October 25th in New York City. Since the inaugural Rita Hayworth Gala in New York nearly three decades ago, the events have raised more than $53 million to support Alzheimer’s Association’s critical care and research programs. Princess Yasmin Aga Khan established the Gala as a tribute to her mother, Rita Hayworth, who lived with Alzheimer’s disease for many years before her death in 1987.
In attendance was this year’s Gala honoree and passionate philanthropist, Somers Farkas, who will be receiving the Rita Hayworth Award. The award recipient chosen each year by Princess Yasmin Aga Khan is given to an individual who exemplifies the spirit and grace of its namesake. The award was first given to Catherine Deneuve and subsequent recipients have included Eunice Shriver, Nancy Reagan, Lily Safra and Maria Shriver.

Gala Chairs Anne Hearst McInerney and Jay McInerney attended the party as well as: Somers and Jonathan Farkas, Judith Ripka, Alexandra Lebenthal, Deborah Norville, Patty Smyth McEnroe, Sharon Bush, Amy Fine Collins, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Chele Chiavacci, Lady Liliana Cavendish, Felicia Taylor, Marlyne Sexton, Nicole Sexton, John Catsimatidis, Bettina Zilkha, Louise Kornfeld, Rick Friedberg, Francine LeFrak, Michelle Herbert, Mark Locks

The upcoming Rita Hayworth Gala will be generously underwritten by our corporate sponsor, Rolex Watch USA.

Photos: Patrick McMullan


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