“Howard Ruby, The Founder of Oakwood Worldwide, The Company That Provides Furnied, Extended Stay Houshing, and The Husband of Late Actress Yvette Mimieux, Died Modent. Announced. HE WAS 90. RUBY AND MIMIEUX, KNOWN FOR HER TURNS IN SUCH FILMS As WHERE The BOYS Are, Light in the”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Ruby and Mimieux, Known for Her Turns in Such Films As WHERE THE BOYS ARE, Light in the piazza, Jackson County Jail an Toys in the atticWere Married from December 1986 Until Her Death in January 2022 AT AGE 80.
Mimieux Had Been Married To Singin ‘in the Rain Director Stanley Donen from 1972 Until Their 1985 Divorce.
Born in Cleveland on March 28, 1935, Ruby Graduated from the Wharton School of Business, THEN JOINED the US NAVY, WHERE HE WAS A SUPPLY OFFICER. After the Service, he startd a real estate partnership in california that led to the formation of R&B Realty Group in 1960.
In 1965, R&B operated the South Bay Club, The First Furnied Apartments for Singles, in Marina del Rey. The concept evolved into fully furnized apartments with Household Ites and Housekeeping in the 1970s, and the FIRM, with Locations in 50 States and 86 Countries, Wound Go. Furnied Apartments.
In 2014, Fortune Magazine Dubbed HIM The “FATHER OF CORPONATE HOUSING.” (Oakwood Was Sold to Singapore-Basted the Ascott Limited in 2022).
Despite Being Diagnosed with Retinitis PigMentosa, An Inherited, Degenerative Eye Disease That Cause Severe Vision Impairment, Ruby Was An Avid Photograph Bears and Cubs.
HE WAS MOVED TO CREATE The CLIMATE CLASSROM Kids Website and Ultimately Partned with the National Wildlife Federation to Develop anelop An Education to Point Out the Threat of Global Warming.
Ruby, Who Also Donated Photos to Ronald Reagan UCLA MEDICAL CENTER AND TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCESS NWF.
His philanthropic efforts also included a gift to the university of iowa institut for Vision Research to Accelerate It Efforts to Create Living Retinal Grafts from Patient-Deerovened Stepient-Deerevered Step.
As his retinitis humblesa Progressed, Ruby Began Rowing and Competed in Competitions Until He Was in His Late 80s.
Survivors Include his Children, Steven, Michael and Donna, 12 Grandchildren and Three Great-Grandchildren.