Editing Roy Hofheinz (section)

==Early and personal life==
Hofheinz was born on April 10, 1912, in [[Beaumont, Texas]]. The Hofheinz family moved to Houston in 1924.<ref name=Cochran-Hofheinz-2005/> He graduated from [[San Jacinto High School (Houston)|San Jacinto High School]] with highest honors as a champion debater and started work in 1928 at age 16 after his father died.<ref name=Cochran-Hofheinz-2005/><ref name="built Astrodome">{{cite news|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/history/houston-legends/article/Hofheinz-built-Astrodome-legacy-in-Houston-8340283.php|title=Hofheinz built Astrodome, legacy in Houston|last=Rogers|first=Brian|newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=July 4, 2016|access-date=March 30, 2021}}</ref> In the summer of 1928, Hofheinz was an aide at the [[1928 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] held in [[Houston]]; he befriended future U.S. senator and president [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] at the convention.<ref name="built Astrodome"/> Hofheinz matriculated at [[Rice University]] and [[Houston Junior College]] before graduating from the now-defunct Houston Law School in 1931 at age 19.<ref name="HTO">{{Handbook of Texas|id=fho87|name=Roy Mark Hofheinz}}</ref><ref>{{Handbook of Texas|id=khl01|name=Law Schools}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/2012/11/the-peoples-university-uh-alumni-memories-through-the-decades/|title=The People's University: UH Alumni Memories Through the Decades|last=Sutton|first=Jeff|work=Houston History|date=November 26, 2012|access-date=March 30, 2021}}</ref>

He married Irene ("Dene", née Cafcalas; 1912–1966) in 1933, a fellow law student;<ref>{{cite book |title=The Eight Wonder of the World: The Life of Houston's Iconic Astrodome |author1=Trumpbour, Robert C. |author2=Womack, Kenneth |date=November 2018 |isbn=978-1496211781 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |location=Lincoln, Nebraska |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-mt2DwAAQBAJ}}</ref>{{rp|10}} together they had three children: [[Roy Hofheinz Jr.|Roy Jr.]] (1935–2023), [[Fred Hofheinz|Fred]] (1938–), and Dene (1942–).<ref>{{cite interview |url=http://extras.chron.com/interactives/denehofheinz/dene/index.html |title=A life in pictures: Dene Hofheinz Anton on the Astrodome and growing up in Houston |date= |subject=Dene Hofheinz Anton |interviewer=J.R. Gonzales |access-date=13 September 2021}}</ref> The two had met at the [[University of Houston]] in 1929.<ref name=Fertitta>{{cite web |url=https://uhcougars.com/news/2018/10/9/mens-basketball-hofheinz-to-fertitta-construction-of-hofheinz-pavilion.aspx |title=HOFHEINZ to FERTITTA: Construction of Hofheinz Pavilion |date=October 9, 2018 |publisher=University of Houston, Men's Basketball |access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref> After the death of his first wife, Hofheinz married his divorced executive assistant, Mary Frances (née Gougenheim) on April 10, 1969.<ref name=SI-1969>{{cite magazine |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1969/04/21/the-greatest-showman-on-earth-and-hes-the-first-to-admit-it |title=The Greatest Showman on Earth, and he's the first to admit it |author=Maule, Tex |author-link=Tex Maule |date=April 21, 1969 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=13 September 2021}}</ref> Hofheinz survived a stroke in 1970 that left him in a wheelchair; he eventually died in 1982 from an apparent heart attack.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/11/22/Roy-Mark-Hofheinz-a-lawyer-legislator-mayor-and/3982406789200/ |title=Obituary: Roy Mark Hofheinz |date=November 22, 1982 |work=UPI Archives |access-date=13 September 2021}}</ref>

Judge Hofheinz was known for his cigar habit; in a 1969 profile for ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' he gently chided the author, [[Tex Maule]]: "Don't say 'smoke.' 'Consume' is the word. I chew a lot of them and give some away." He preferred the Sans Souci Perfecto cigar, approximately {{cvt|7|in}} long, consuming 25 per day.<ref name=SI-1969/>

===Residences===
When he was serving as the mayor of Houston, he lived in a home on [[Galveston Bay]] which he named "Huckster House" (also known as the Gribble-Hofheinz House, Texas Historical Marker no. 10683); he had acquired it in 1950 and decorated the interior with a circus theme.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,807472,00.html |title=CITIES: The Man in Huckster House |date=August 15, 1955 |magazine=TIME |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref><ref name=PC-Celestial/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=179212 |title=Gribble-Hofheinz House |website=Historical Marker Database |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref> In 1956, he purchased the Cochran-Hofheinz House; the house had originally been built for banker Owen L. Cochran around 1912.<ref name=Cochran-Hofheinz-2005/>

Hofheinz had two separate residences in the Astrodomain: the Judge's Quarters, a 24-room suite on the sixth floor of the Astrodome decorated in an eclectic fashion that [[Bob Hope]] quipped was "early [[King Farouk]]",<ref name=LAT-88/> where he moved after the death of his first wife;<ref name=SI-94/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50041889/the-times/ |title=Former Astrodome czar dead at 70 |agency=AP |date=November 23, 1982 |newspaper=The Times |location=Shreveport, Louisiana |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chron.com/z-archived-homes/article/Astrodome-once-featured-Houston-s-gaudiest-6184113.php |title=Astrodome once featured Houston's gaudiest apartment |author=Reynolds, Brian |date=April 7, 2015 |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref> and the Celestial Suites on the ninth floor of the Astroworld Hotel, with interiors designed by [[Harper Goff]], which [[Elvis Presley]] reportedly found too gaudy.<ref name=PC-Celestial>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.papercitymag.com/real-estate/roy-hofheinz-private-penthouse-celestial-suite-astrodome-hotel-peek-inside/ |title=Inside Roy Hofheinz's Lavish Private Penthouse Suite |author=Anspon, Catherine |date= |magazine=Paper City |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref><ref name=SI-94>{{cite magazine |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1994/08/16/chapter-two-home-in-the-dome |title=Home in the Dome |date=August 16, 1994 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref> Hofheinz decamped from the Judge's Quarters in the Astrodome in 1972; the suite was removed in 1988.<ref name=LAT-88>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-18-mn-1682-story.html |title=7 Floors Decorated in 'Early Farouk': Hofheinz's Gaudy Suite in Astrodome Being Razed |author=Kennedy, J. Michael |date=March 18, 1988 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref> The Celestial Suites are still present on the top floor of the Astroworld Hotel (now a [[Crowne Plaza]]), but have not been used recently.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/The-hotel-suites-at-the-top-of-the-Crowne-Plaze-12227040.php |title=Revisiting the dazzling, hidden suites at the top of the Crowne Plaza next to the Astrodome |author=Hlavaty, Craig |date=September 28, 2017 |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref>

Hofheinz purchased an historic River Oaks mansion (also known as the T.J. and Ruth Bettes House, originally completed in 1928) in 1980 and lived there until his death in 1982.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.papercitymag.com/real-estate/historic-river-oaks-mansion-tj-bettes-house-sale-1059-kirby-judge-hofheinz-ties/ |title=Landmark River Oaks Mansion Deemed One of America's Most Beautiful Homes Hits the Market |date=February 20, 2018 |author=Hodge, Shelby |magazine=Paper City |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref> The city of Houston designated the Bettes House a historic landmark in 2009;<ref name=Bettes-2009>{{cite report |url=https://www.houstontx.gov/planning/HistoricPres/landmarks/09L215_Bettes_House_1059_Kirby.pdf |title=Landmark Designation Report: T.J. and Ruth Bettes House |date=May 28, 2009 |publisher=City of Houston, Archaeological & Historical Commission, Planning and Development Department |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref> The Cochran-Hofheinz House was so designated in 2005.<ref name=Cochran-Hofheinz-2005/>