He wrote songs, one of which, "Pinch Me", reached the Lucky Strike Hit Parade.
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He also supplemented his income rehabilitating homes and selling automobiles.
After World War Two, he and his brother Sam opened a furniture store, R B furniture, a corporation which he took public, moving from the Pacific to the American and eventually to the New York Stock Exchange.
He also developed and sold motels and other properties in the Southwest.
He was a donor to Democratic politics, served on the Board of Governors of Cedars Sinai Medical Center and served as Chair of Los Angeles' United Jewish Welfare Fund.
The house is on sale in 2019 for $28Million