Sam Zell, the Chicago real-estate magnate whose knack for buying up distressed assets turned him into a billionaire and earned him the nickname “grave dancer,” died on Thursday, his company said. He ...

The son of Holocaust survivors, Zell bought the Tribune Co. in 2007 and filed for bankruptcy a year later. “The ‘grave dancer’ of real estate development was now the ‘grave digger’ of the newspaper ...

Sam Zell, a Chicago real estate magnate who earned a multibillion-dollar fortune and a reputation as "the grave dancer" for his ability to revive moribund properties, has died due to complications ...

With a fortune made in real estate, he went into the media business in a landmark leveraged buyout of the Tribune Company in 2007. Bankruptcy ensued. By Robert D. McFadden Sam Zell, the real estate ...

The investing and real estate world was rocked by news today that billionaire real estate investor Sam Zell died at the age of 81. I’ve known Zell for 15 years. While he’s most famous for his knack ...