"Herbert K. Somborn, 53, head of the Brown Derby restaurants in Los Angeles, Hollywood and Beverly Hills, died at his home in Beverly Hills, Jan. 2, follwing a year's illness during which he suffered two operations.
Somborn, a former motion picture distributor, married Gloria Swanson in 1919. They were divorced in 1922. A daughter resulted from the marriage.
With the late Wilson Mizner, he organized the Brown Derby restaurants. Later Mizner withdrew from the organization.
Somborn was a nephew of S.W. Straus of the investment house of the same name. Besides his daughter, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. R. Somborn, and a sister Mrs. Bernard Sauer, both living in New York. Remains were shipped to New York for burial."
Thanks to contributor Jim Blum for the burial information.
"Herbert K. Somborn, 53, head of the Brown Derby restaurants in Los Angeles, Hollywood and Beverly Hills, died at his home in Beverly Hills, Jan. 2, follwing a year's illness during which he suffered two operations.
Somborn, a former motion picture distributor, married Gloria Swanson in 1919. They were divorced in 1922. A daughter resulted from the marriage.
With the late Wilson Mizner, he organized the Brown Derby restaurants. Later Mizner withdrew from the organization.
Somborn was a nephew of S.W. Straus of the investment house of the same name. Besides his daughter, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. R. Somborn, and a sister Mrs. Bernard Sauer, both living in New York. Remains were shipped to New York for burial."
Thanks to contributor Jim Blum for the burial information.
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