Pasadena, administered by UCLA, the Simon board and the Norton Simon Foundation. The university was to build a separate museum facility on campus for part of the collection. However, Simon withdrew his offer three months after the announcement was made. Later years In 1969, his son Robert Simon died by suicide, leaving Donald (Norton's other son), Lucille, and Norton shocked. In 1970, he and wife Lucille Ellis divorced. In 1971, he married actress Jennifer Jones, the widow of David O. Selznick. He retired from active involvement in his business in 1969. He accepted appointments to the University of California Board of Regents, the Carnegie Commission on the Future of Higher Education, the boards of Reed College (in his hometown of Portland), the Los Angeles Music Center, the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, and the Institute for Advanced Study. In 1970, Simon opposed U.S. Senator George Murphy's bid for a second term in the Republican primary. Murphy won renomination, but lost the seat in the general election to the Democrat John V. Tunney, as Republican Ronald Reagan was winning a second term as governor. Death Simon was diagnosed in 1984 with the neurological disorder Guillain–Barré syndrome, although he remained active in the Norton Simon Museum. He died of pneumonia at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles on June 2, 1993. References Sources External links Hunt's Foods Norton Simon Museum 1907 births 1993 deaths American chief executives of food industry companies American art collectors American billionaires American company founders American food company founders Art in Greater Los Angeles Businesspeople from Los Angeles Businesspeople from Portland, Oregon California Republicans Jewish American philanthropists Jews and Judaism in Portland, Oregon Lowell High School (San Francisco) alumni Museum founders Oregon Republicans People associated with the Norton Simon Museum People with Guillain–Barré syndrome Philanthropists from California University of California regents 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American Jews 20th-century American academics