- Established the Norton Simon Art Museum in Pasadena, California.
- Stepfather of Robert Walker Jr. and Michael Walker.
- Simon met actress Jennifer Jones at a party hosted by fellow industrialist/art collector Walter Annenberg.
- Years before he'd met future wife Jennifer Jones, he had attempted to buy the portrait of her used in the film Portrait of Jennie (1948).
- Only son, Robert, committed suicide in 1969.
- After his passing. His body was cremated and his ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.
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