![]() He died in 1979 and was buried in Kensico Cemetery after Rand died in 1982, she was buried alongside him. Late in his life, O'Connor struggled with excessive alcohol consumption. The affair deeply troubled O'Connor and lasted until 1968. In 1954, Rand pressured O'Connor into assenting to her having a sexual affair with Nathaniel Branden. Rand attributed to O'Connor inspiration for some of the themes and characters in her writing, and he provided the title for her novel Atlas Shrugged. ![]() He provided the cover art for some of Rand's published work after this time. In addition to raising numerous flora and fauna on the ranch, he there developed the Lipstick and Halloween hybrids of Delphinium and Gladiolus.Īfter the couple moved to New York City in 1951, he took up painting and became a member of the Art Students League of New York. When O'Connor and Rand moved to California so Rand could work on the movie adaptation of her novel The Fountainhead, O'Connor purchased and managed a ranch in the San Fernando Valley for several years. While working on the set of the 1927 The King of Kings, O'Connor met Rand, and they eventually dated each other steadily. Frank O'Connor performed in several films, typically as an extra, during the silent and early sound eras until about 1934. Charles Francis "Frank" O'Connor (Septem– November 7, 1979) was an American actor, painter, and rancher and the husband of novelist Ayn Rand. ![]()
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