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Robert Koch Woolf, 81, an interior decorator who provided style forsuch Hollywood celebrities as Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and LorettaYoung, died Monday in Montecito of post-surgical complications.....
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You are here: LAT Home > Articles > 2004 > November > 09 > California | Local Archive for Tuesday, November 09, 2004 Robert Koch Woolf, 81; Interior Decorator forHollywoodCelebrities November 09, 2004 in print edition B-11 Robert Koch Woolf, 81, an interior decorator who provided stylefor such Hollywood celebrities as Cary Grant, Myrna Loy andLoretta Young, died Monday in Montecito of post-surgicalcomplications. A native of Temple, Texas, Woolf moved to Los Angelesafter serving in World War II and became an apprentice interiordecorator. He became associated with architect John Elgin Woolf, wholater adopted him as an adult, and they worked together from 1947 untilthe architect’s death in 1980. Robert Woolf closed their John andRobert K. Woolf offices on Melrose Place and retired three yearslater. The two men, with John concentrating on designing eleganthouses and Robert handling the interiors, excelled in what became knownas the Greek Revival-influenced...