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in the Bronx, was murdered on May 31, 1997, during a robbery by one of his former students. The student, Corey Arthur, was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to the maximum allowed term of 25 years to life in prison in
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sadistic pleasure in the crime and shown no remorse. An alleged accomplice, Montoun Hart, was acquitted on the same charges in
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The murder occurred after
Jonathan had mentioned in the classroom that his father was Time Warner head Gerald Levin. Prosecutors said Arthur and Hart, assuming that Jonathan was wealthy, stole Jonathan's bank card and tortured him to obtain the account's
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Levin was married three times and fathered five children. His first wife was Carol
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funding, according to
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