As per our current Database, Edmund Bacon has been died on Oct 14, 2005 (age 95).
When Edmund Bacon die, Edmund Bacon was 95 years old.
| Popular As | Edmund Bacon |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Age | 95 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 2, 1910 (Pennsylvania) |
| Birthday | May 2 |
| Town/City | Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | Pennsylvania |
Edmund Bacon’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Edmund Bacon was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
While serving during the 1950s and 1960s as the Philadelphia City Planning Commission's Executive Director, this prominent Architect designed such modern Philadelphia landmarks as Independence Mall, Society Hill, and Penn's Landing. Though famous on his own merit, he is perhaps best known as the father of film actor Kevin Bacon.
After graduating from Cornell University with a degree in architecture, he designed several buildings in Shanghai, China, before returning to his native Pennsylvania.
He ended his term as Philadelphia Housing Association Director to fight in the Pacific theater of World War II.
His marriage to Teacher and Activist Ruth Hilda Holmes resulted in two sons -- Michael Bacon (a musician) and Kevin Bacon (a well-known actor) -- and daughters named Elinor, Prudence, Hilda, and Karin.
While at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, he studied under the Finnish Architect Eliel Saarinen.
