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1674-55 Morris Lansburgh THU OCT 20 1983 ED: FINAL SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: 4C LENGTH: 159 SHORT ILLUST: photo: Jean Lansburgh SOURCE: HERALD STAFF DATELINE: MEMO: DEATHS JEAN LANSBURGH, 63 , OWNED SEVERAL MIAMI BEACH HOTELS Jean K. Lansburgh, widow of hotelman Morris Lansburgh, died Tuesday at National Children' s Cardiac Hospital after a seven- year battle with cancer. Mrs. Lansburgh, 63, and her late husband, who died in 1977 , owned and operated several Miami Beach hotels, including the Eden Roc, San Souci and Deauville. She was named woman of the year in 1982 by the American Cancer Society. A philanthropist, Mrs. Lansburgh had been a benefactor of several charitable organizations, including the Miami Children Hospital, National Children' s Cardiac Hospital, Mount Sinai Medical Center and Temple Israel . She was born in New Rochelle, N.Y. , and moved to Miami Beach in the late 1930s. Survivors include two sons, Leonard and Mickie; a daughter, Ellen; a sister, Ruth Fuller; and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at the Riverside Alton Road Chapel. The family requests donations be made to the Memorial Cancer Fund at Mount Sinai in her name. ADDED TERMS: obituary END OF DOCUMENT.