Notes for SIDNEY FACTOR:

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Sidney Factor,Cosmetics Executive, Dies at 89 (2006)

Sidney Factor, son of the cosmetics magnate Max Factor, who helped expand the family business globally, died of natural causes on Dec. 15 at his Beverly Hills home. He was 89.

Among the Factor family's favorite charities was the Julia Ann Singer Center for disabled and abused children and their families in West Los Angeles.

"They helped us build a playground," Jeanne Gerson, the center's longtime administrative assistant, told The Journal, adding that the Factor name graces that playground. "He was a very generous man and very interested in the children."

Max Factor founded Max Factor & Co. at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 and subsequently moved the company to Los Angeles, working extensively with the movie industry. Sidney Factor worked for his father's company throughout his childhood and officially joined the business in 1936. He was a graduate of USC, where he was a member of the Jewish fraternity Zeta Beta Tau. He helped the company expand into Canada, Australia, Latin America, South America and Japan, before retiring in 1962. The family sold the business in 1973, and Proctor & Gamble subsequently acquired it. Factor also bred and raced thoroughbred horses under his Sidney Factor Enterprises.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; daughter, Maxine Nazworthy; sons, Dr. James and Max; two grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. He was buried at Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary on Dec. 18. - David Finnigan, Contributing Writer

 

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