Stephen Garrett, Serial Museum Director Who Was First to Lead the Getty, Is Dead at 96

Stephen Garrett, the first director of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the Getty Villa in Malibu following the passing of its billionaire patron, J. Paul Getty, died on December 2 at age 96. A cause of death was not immediately provided by the museum, which confirmed the news.
During the construction of the Getty Villa, which first opened in 1974 and houses Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities, Garrett served as its consultant architect. He was subsequently named deputy director of the mus