May 15, 1950 – July 22, 2021
Born to Roy and Anne Kapp on May 15, 1950 in East Liverpool, OH. Passed away July 22, 2021 after a brief illness in San Francisco, CA. He was preceded in death by his parents and older sister Jerilynn (Jerry) Crosier of East Liverpool. He is survived by his younger sister Debra Kapp of San Francisco.
Ron left East Liverpool at age 19 in 1969 to begin his life's many adventures. He attended Ohio State University but ultimately decided to pursue his real passion in life which was acting. There were many unexpected twists and turns along the way but Ron embraced them all. He first joined Kenley Players in Warren, OH where he performed and danced in numerous musicals.
Ron then moved to New York City for a brief period, to pursue stage acting, before driving cross country to Los Angeles in 1973. His intention was to never leave Los Angeles, however after a few months a friend invited him to San Francisco for a weekend and he fell in love with The City by the Bay and stayed for 17 years. While living in San Francisco, he had a very successful career working in the hotel industry, first at the Handlery Hotel and then as Credit Manager at the Nikko Hotel. One of his greatest joys was vacationing at various luxury hotels and enjoying their wonderful meals.
But Ron never gave up his dreams of working in Hollywood, so in 1991 when he was offered the opportunity to be a part of the opening of a new Nikko Hotel in Beverly Hills, he jumped at the opportunity to finally be back in Los Angeles again. While in LA he worked for the Nikko before leaving to pursue his dream of acting. He also worked in Property Management at Decron Properties for 14 years while acting in numerous films and TV shows.
His younger sister, Debra had moved to San Francisco from Ohio in 1987 and they enjoyed 4 wonderful years together there. Debra was sad to see him move but realized he couldn't pass up this opportunity to finally be back in Los Angeles. Over the next 21 years they visited each other frequently between the two cities before Ron moved back to San Francisco in 2012 so he and Debra would finally be together again in the same city.
Ron had a passion for classic movies and had an unrivaled, encyclopedic memory of Hollywood history. Ron spent the last 15 years of his life as Vice President of Development at Terran Entertainment.
Ron said multiple times that if he ever had a tombstone he would want it to read: “Here lies Ron Kapp. All he ever wanted was for everything to be Even-Steven.”
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