Age 85 - Husband of the former Belle Ostrovsky. He died on April 4, 1987, in Bal Harbour, Florida, just a week short of his 85th birthday.

Born Max Rothstein, he later changed his name to Michael Redstone, and the family name to Redstone, in 1940.

Founder of National Amusements Inc., and the Northeast Theater Corporation, operator and owner of 400 movie theaters in the Northeast and the Midwest, died Saturday at his home in Bal Harbour, FL.

Mr. Redstone was the retired president and chairman of National Amusements and Northeast, which are both based in Dedham, Mass.

He is survived by his wife; two sons, Edward S., of Vineyard Haven, MA, and Sumner M., of Newton, MA.

Also survived by a sister, Anne Saxe, of Peabody, MA; four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Mickey married Belle Ostrovsky, daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants. The couple had two sons – Sumner Murray, born in 1923, and Edward Stanton, five years later.

Age 85 - Husband of the former Belle Ostrovsky. He died on April 4, 1987, in Bal Harbour, Florida, just a week short of his 85th birthday.

Born Max Rothstein, he later changed his name to Michael Redstone, and the family name to Redstone, in 1940.

Founder of National Amusements Inc., and the Northeast Theater Corporation, operator and owner of 400 movie theaters in the Northeast and the Midwest, died Saturday at his home in Bal Harbour, FL.

Mr. Redstone was the retired president and chairman of National Amusements and Northeast, which are both based in Dedham, Mass.

He is survived by his wife; two sons, Edward S., of Vineyard Haven, MA, and Sumner M., of Newton, MA.

Also survived by a sister, Anne Saxe, of Peabody, MA; four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Mickey married Belle Ostrovsky, daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants. The couple had two sons – Sumner Murray, born in 1923, and Edward Stanton, five years later.