resting_place death_date death_place children birth_place other_names name birth_date known_for spouse image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
hollywood memorial cemetery los angeles 6 july 1919 los angeles , california van m. griffith -lrb- 1888 -- 1974 -rrb- bettws , glamorganshire , wales colonel griffith j. griffith griffith j. griffith 4 january 1850 philanthropy mary divorced -rrb- agnes christina mesmer -lrb- 1887 -- 1904 , griffith jenkins griffith.jpg griffith j. griffith
 griffith jenkins griffith journalist mining and real estate magnate liver disease
griffith j. griffith

griffith jenkins griffith -lrb- january 4 , 1850 -- july 6 , 1919 -rrb- was a welsh-american industrialist and philanthropist .
after amassing a significant fortune from a mining syndicate in the 1880s , griffith donated to the city of los angeles which became griffith park , and he bequeathed the money to build the park 's greek theatre and griffith observatory .
griffith 's legacy was marred by his notorious shooting of his wife in 1903 , a crime for which he served two years in prison .
