Lynn Wyatt
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Lynn Wyatt | |
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 Wyatt at a Vanity Fair party for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival | |
| Born | Lynn Sakowitz July 16, 1935 |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin (studies not finished) |
| Years active | 1963–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
Lynn Wyatt (née Sakowitz; born July 16, 1935)[1] is a Houston socialite, philanthropist, and third-generation Texan. Her grandfather and great-uncle started the Sakowitz Department Store chain. Her husband, Oscar Wyatt, was an energy executive, the founder of Houston's Coastal Corporation—now owned by El Paso Corporation —and CEO of NuCoastal LLC. Lynn and Oscar Wyatt have four sons.[2]
During the height of the oil boom in the 1970s/early 1980s, the family mansion in Houston was known as the "Wyatt Hyatt" becoming a "home away from home" for people including Princess Margaret, Princess Grace of Monaco, Bill Blass, Joan Collins, Mick Jagger, and King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan. [citation needed]
Wyatt is the daughter of Ann Baum Sakowitz (July 28, 1913 – January 18, 2010, San Antonio) and Bernard Sakowitz (1907–1981), a prominent couple in Houston's Jewish circles.[3][4][5] They were married in July 1933.[6] Ann was once in negotiations with Louis B. Meyer for a movie acting contract, but abandoned it on Bernard's objection.[6] They also had a son, Robert T. Sakowitz (born c. 1939), known as the merchant prince of Houston.[7] The Sakowitz family owned the Sakowitz fashion specialty stores. Oscar Wyatt and Robert Sakowitz did not get along.[7]
Lynn Sakowitz has been married twice. Her first husband was Robert Lipman and they had two sons together. Lipman was convicted of killing a woman during a drug overdose and served six years in prison for manslaughter.[8] In 1963, Lynn Sakowitz Lipman married oil magnate Oscar Wyatt.[1] She became his fourth wife,[9] and he adopted both her sons from her previous marriage, giving them his name. The elder of them, Steve Wyatt, would become famous for his friendship with the British royal family, particularly Sarah, Duchess of York. Lynn and Oscar Wyatt raised four sons together, Steven Bradford Wyatt, Douglas Bryan Wyatt (born c. 1957), Oscar Sherman "Trey" Wyatt III, and Bradford Allington Wyatt.[3][7]