Franchi was always attracted to the arts, and could play multiple instruments, including piano & guitar,.
Franchi also always carried a sketch book with him on all of his travels,.
and in later life, devoted himself to watercolor painting in his private studio.

 Franchi was also an avid collector and restorer of classic and antique automobiles.
His collection "[included] 25 examples of fine British, American, and Italian [cars]"
on February 14, 1953, he married Yvonne Lindsey, a South African ballerina of English extraction.
They had two children: a daughter, Greta Teresa; and a son, Roberto Danilo.
They divorced on December 31, 1981 in Clark County, Nevada.
Franchi married his second wife, Eva E. Simon, in New York City on June 14, 1982.
Simon had emigrated with her family to America from Budapest (where she studied ballet) following the 1956 Hungarian revolt.
It was a second marriage for both.

Simon and Franchi (leveraging a small loan from Franchi's sister Dana) purchased the 240-acre Farmholme property in Stonington, Connecticut in 1979.
He intended it to be a refuge for his retirement years.
The property included several residences, and Franchi worked to make it a family compound.
By 1982, Franchi had relocated his father, stepmother, and sister Mirella and her children, to his estate.
The dates of his mother's, father's, and stepmother's deaths are unknown.
 Mirella died three months after Franchi.
Franchi was always attracted to the arts, and could play multiple instruments, including piano & guitar,. Franchi also always carried a sketch book with him on all of his travels,. and in later life, devoted himself to watercolor painting in his private studio.
 Franchi was also an avid collector and restorer of classic and antique automobiles. His collection "[included] 25 examples of fine British, American, and Italian [cars]"
on February 14, 1953, he married Yvonne Lindsey, a South African ballerina of English extraction. They had two children: a daughter, Greta Teresa; and a son, Roberto Danilo. They divorced on December 31, 1981 in Clark County, Nevada. Franchi married his second wife, Eva E. Simon, in New York City on June 14, 1982. Simon had emigrated with her family to America from Budapest (where she studied ballet) following the 1956 Hungarian revolt. It was a second marriage for both.
Simon and Franchi (leveraging a small loan from Franchi's sister Dana) purchased the 240-acre Farmholme property in Stonington, Connecticut in 1979. He intended it to be a refuge for his retirement years. The property included several residences, and Franchi worked to make it a family compound. By 1982, Franchi had relocated his father, stepmother, and sister Mirella and her children, to his estate. The dates of his mother's, father's, and stepmother's deaths are unknown.  Mirella died three months after Franchi.
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