Barton Sewell II

{{Short description|American industrialist (1905–1953)}}

File:Barton-sewell-ucla-library.jpg

Barton Sewell II (August 28, 1905{{Snd}}January 6, 1953) was an heir to an American mining fortune; he was named for his grandfather Barton Sewell.{{Cite news |date=1915-01-31 |title=First Wife Shares $2,000,000 Estate of Barton Sewell |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-post-first-wife-shares/144548169/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |work=The Kansas City Post |pages=2}} Sewell and his wife were involved in a highly publicized divorce in the 1930s.{{Cite news |date=1935-02-20 |title=Wealthy Couples in Legal Battle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-wealthy-couples-in/141302630/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=The Los Angeles Times |pages=19}} Buster Keaton allegedly had an affair with Sewell's wife.{{Cite news |date=1935-07-18 |title=Buster Keaton's Love High Priced |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-buster-keatons-lov/141303593/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=The Spokesman-Review |pages=1}} Sewell died of an apparent overdose of sleeping pills in Los Angeles County, California in 1953.{{Cite news |date=1953-01-07 |title=Found Dead: Accidental Lethal Sedative Overdose. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-found-dead-accide/30245897/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=The Los Angeles Times |pages=5}}{{cite web |title=Barton Sewell, 06 Jan 1953 (Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento) |url=https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/2015582 |work=California Death Index, 1940–1997 |via=FamilySearch}}