Later Life
LeRoy retired in 1965 and wrote his autobiography, Take One, in 1974. He died from Alzheimer's disease in Beverly Hills, California at age 86 and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street.
A fan of thoroughbred horse racing, Mervyn LeRoy was a founding investor in Hollywood Park Racetrack and a member of the track's Board of Directors from 1941 until his death in 1986. In partnership with father-in-law, Harry Warner, he operated a racing stable, W-L Ranch Co., during the 1940s/50s.
His son, Warner LeRoy, became a well-known restaurateur.
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