Simon, Norton
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| Birthname | Simon, Norton Winfred | ||||
| born on | 5 February 1907 | ||||
| Place | Portland OR, USA, 45n31, 122w40 | ||||
| Timezone | PST h8w (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   15°53'  
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Biography
American entrepreneur who parlayed a bankrupt orange-juice bottling plant into a billion-dollar conglomerate. He was a renaissance man, an art connoisseur and patron who spent more than $100 million putting together one of America's greatest private art collections that eventually went into the museum bearing his name. Norton Simon was a brooding, driven man, one who could multiply long figures in his head and was perennially dissatisfied. He divorced his first wife in 1970 after 37 years of marriage.
A short time after meeting retired actress Jennifer Jones, they married on 5/29/1981 on a boat in the English Channel. Norton's health was deteriorating and he was diagnosed with Guillain Barre Syndrome in 1985. He died on 6/01/1993 at his Los Angeles home; age 86.
Relationships
- spouse relationship with Jones, Jennifer (born 2 March 1919)
Events
- Relationship : Divorce dates 1970 (First wife after 37 years)
- Relationship : Marriage 29 May 1981 (Second marriage Jennifer Jones)
- Death by Disease 1 June 1993 at 12:00 noon in Los Angeles, CA (Guillain Barr Disease, age 86)
Source Notes
LMR quotes media for date; time unknown
Categories
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Other Major diseases (Guillain Barre Syndrome, terminal)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (First marriage 37 years)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Wealthy
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Collector (Extensive art collection)
