Personal Life and Death
In 1930, Gibbons married actress Dolores del Río and co-designed their house in Santa Monica, an intricate Art Deco residence influenced by Rudolf Schindler. They divorced in 1941, the year he married actress Hazel Brooks with whom he remained until his death at the age of 67.
Gibbons's grave is in the Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles.
Gibbons' nephew is Billy F. Gibbons, guitarist/vocalist for the rock band ZZTop.
Read more about this topic: Cedric Gibbons
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