Edward L. Doheny's Death
Born (Birthday) August 10, 1856
Death Date September 8, 1935
Age of Death 79 years
Cause of Death Natural Causes
Place of Death Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession Entrepreneur
The entrepreneur Edward L. Doheny died at the age of 79. Here is all you want to know and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Oil tycoon who developed the Los Angeles City Oil Field, beginning the Southern California oil boom of the early 1900s.
He worked for the U.S. Geological Survey, looking at lands in Kansas, and then did his own prospecting with little success in South Dakota and the Western territories.
He acquired a sizable fortune during the oil boom in Los Angeles, and he became a notable philanthropist, giving up his 22-room mansion to Mount St. Mary’s College.
Personal Life
He was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, his father Patrick Doheny, an immigrant from Ireland during the Great Famine.
He was one of the inspirations for Upton Sinclair’s novel Oil!, which in turn inspired the film There Will Be Blood from 2007.
How did Edward L. Doheny die?
Edward L. Doheny died at his Beverly Hills townhouse on September 8, 1935, of natural causes, a month after his seventy-ninth birthday. His funeral was in St. Vincent’s Church in Los Angeles.