File:Donald Soffer.jpg

Summary

Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	Donald Soffer
Author or copyright owner	PRNewsfoto/Soffer family
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: PR Newswire Immediate source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/donald-m-soffer-visionary-developer-philanthropist-and-family-patriarch-passes-away-at-92-302509297.html
Date of publication	21 July 2025
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Donald Soffer
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Donald Soffer is dead
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	use in the subject's bio
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	low resolution image
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: July 2025
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Donald Soffer//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Soffer.jpgtrue

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where the individual(s) concerned are deceased, or where access would for practical purposes be impossible,
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