Sid Bass (January 22, 1913 - June 19, 1993) was a songwriter and orchestra leader.

The family does not have a seat on the Disney board and has remained mostly a passive investor, a spokesman for Sid Bass said.

The troubled investments in telecommunications are a departure from the strategy that made Sid Bass a billionaire.

Mr. Bode said that Sid Bass has always been opportunistic and flexible, looking for values but also trying things that are new.

The likes of such businessmen as Sid Bass and Henry Kravis could use the museum as their private "party palace."

On the other hand, Eisner is uniformly complimentary to Sid Bass, a leading Disney investor.

January 22 - Sid Bass, songwriter (d. 1993)

Ives is accompanied by a choir of boys and an orchestra directed by Sid Bass.

The investments were made after Sid Bass, who for years had largely delegated his investments to others, decided to take a more active role.

Sid Bass is, since the divorce, living away from major public events and lives in much simpler way than what he used to.