JAMES CLARK Jr.

CLARK--James Cameron Jr., "Jimmie", died at home in San Francisco, September 25, 2009 at age ninety. The cause of death was cancer. Jimmie Clark was born at home, 7 East 95th Street, New York City in November, 1918 to Teresa (Fabbri) and James C. Clark Sr. of Coats & Clark. He was the grandson of Edith Shepard Fabbri, daughter of Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt. He attended Lycee Francais de New York and Institut Le Rosey in Rolle, Switzerland. He and sister Edith Clark spent summers at the Fabbri cottage in Bar Harbor, Maine. William McCormick "Bill" Blair was a lifelong friend from Maine days. Jimmie Clark was a Harvard graduate, class of 1940. His flatmate at college was Alan J. Lerner, the lyricist. Jimmie served as best man in most of his marriages. Jimmie and Esme O'Brien were lifelong friends as well. Esme's daughter, Rosita Sarnoff, and Jimmie have continued that friendship. Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi was also a woman that Jimmie loved dearly and a close friend of his family. Jimmie was a founding contributor to the Actors' Studio. He was an investor in several New York theater productions and enjoyed regular poker games with Elia Kazan, Kurt Weill, and Lotte Lenya. Jimmie was an able tennis player and a lifelong member of New York's Racquet and Tennis Club. In World War II, Jimmie served as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Stationed initially in North Africa, he participated in the invasion of Europe by the allied forces. Jimmie lived in Florida and California after the war. He and partner John Mills were real estate investors in Coral Gables and Coconut Grove. A San Franciscan since 1969, Jimmie renewed family ties with niece Daphne Milliken Webbe there. In 1983, Jimmie founded the John Henry Mills Memorial Echocardiography Laboratory at Moffitt Hospital, UCSF. In later years Jimmie contributed to the Save the Redwoods League, donating a grove of redwoods. Jimmie was a lifelong contributor to the arts, and always an avid theater goer. James Cameron Clark Jr. is survived by his partner, Michael Fulton, niece Daphne Milliken Webbe, nephews Christopher, Alexander, and Seth Milliken, and twelve great-nephews and -nieces. He is predeceased by his sister, Edith Clark Milliken, and nephew, Minot K. "Kim" Milliken, Jr. A memorial service for James Cameron Clark Jr. will be held at The Chapel of Grace at Grace Cathedral, 1100 California Street, San Francisco, California on Saturday, October 24, at 4pm. A reception will follow at the residence. Donations may be made to Doctors without Borders, or Save the Redwoods League. Jimmie's ashes will be interred in Bar Harbor, Maine. The funeral home is McAvoy O'Hara Evergreen Mortuary, San Francisco. Inquiries to Michael Fulton, Phone 415-563-9589 or Robert123@aol.com.