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First Lady Betty Ford offers a prayer for Jewish National Fund president Rabbi Maurice Sage who collapsed onstage from a heart attack just before presenting her with a Bible at the Fund’s gala dinner to inaugurate the American Bicentennial National Park in Israel.   Despite efforts of Secret Service officers to revive Dr. Sage, he died shortly afterward. Hilton Hotel, New York.   June 22, 1976.

Image: B0342-06A

Event: Jewish National Fund gala dinner to inaugurate the American Bicentennial National Park in Israel

Location: Hilton Hotel, New York City

Description: First Lady Betty Ford offers a prayer for Jewish National Fund president Rabbi Maurice Sage who collapsed onstage from a heart attack just before presenting her with a Bible.   Despite efforts of Secret Service officers to revive Dr. Sage, he died shortly afterward.

Photographer: Karl Schumacher

Date: June 22, 1976

Credit: Courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library

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