Sidney Factor, 89, Inherited and Led Max Factor & Co.

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Published: Dec 19, 2005, 04:34 AM ET
Updated:Feb 10, 2022, 01:14 PM ET

Sidney Factor, who helped build Max Factor & Co., the cosmetics company his father founded, into an internationally known name, died Thursday at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 89.

Sidney Factor, 89, Inherited and Led Max Factor & Co.

Sidney Factor, 89, Inherited and Led Max Factor & Co.

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