Editing Ed Mirvish (section)

{{Short description|American-Canadian businessman}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name        = Ed Mirvish <br /> {{postnominals|country=CAN|OC|CBE|OOnt}}
| image       = Ed Mirvish in 2006 crop.jpg
| image_size  = 150px
| caption     = Ed Mirvish, 2006
| birth_name  = Yehuda Edwin Mirvish
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1914|7|24}}
| birth_place = [[Colonial Beach, Virginia]],<br>United States
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2007|7|11|1914|7|24}}
| death_place = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada
| other_names = Honest Ed
| occupation  = Founder, chair and CEO of [[Honest Ed's]]
| children    = [[David Mirvish]]<ref name=risingson>{{cite journal|title=Rising son|journal=Toronto Life|date=May 1993|pages=50–58|via=CBCA Complete}}</ref>
}}

'''Sir Yehuda Edwin''' "'''Honest Ed'''" '''Mirvish''', {{postnominals|country=CAN|OC|CBE|OOnt}} (July 24, 1914&nbsp;– July 11, 2007)<ref>{{cite news | title=Honest Ed Mirvish dies at 92 | url=http://communities.canada.com/nationalpost/blogs/toronto/archive/2007/07/11/honest-ed-mirvish-dies-at-92.aspx | work=National Post | date=July 11, 2007 | access-date=16 February 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829215642/http://communities.canada.com/nationalpost/blogs/toronto/archive/2007/07/11/honest-ed-mirvish-dies-at-92.aspx | archive-date=August 29, 2008 }}</ref> was an American-Canadian businessman, philanthropist and [[theater|theatrical]] [[impresario]] who lived in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]]. He is known for his flagship business, [[Honest Ed's]], a landmark discount store in downtown Toronto, and as a patron of the arts, instrumental in revitalizing the theatre scene in Toronto.