
Shacknai bought the mansion in 2007 after agreeing with historic preservation officials that he would not make major changes to it, the San Diego Union-Tribune said. The company’s products include acne treatments Solodyn and Ziana and facial wrinkle treatment Restylane and Dysport, an increasingly popular competitor of Botox. Jonah Shacknai, 54, founded Medicis, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., and has been chairman and CEO since 1988. Spreckels, who also owned the majestic Hotel del Coronado and two local newspapers, the San Diego Union and San Diego Tribune.Ĭoronado had just one homicide last year, and the police department asked the sheriff’s department to help with the investigation.

It is named for its original owner John D. The 27-room Spreckels mansion was built in 1908 in the wealthy seaside suburb of about 24,000 people on San Diego Bay. He was not breathing and did not have a pulse when paramedics found him. On Monday, Max fell down the stairs at the historic Spreckels mansion in Coronado in what police called a tragic accident. His loving, kind and vibrant spirit will be forever in our hearts and those whom he touched every day.” “Despite heroic efforts on the part of paramedics and hospital staff, he was unable to recover from the injuries suffered early last week.


“With great sadness, Dina and I convey the tragic passing of our beloved son, Max (affectionately known as Maxie),” the statement issued through Medicis Pharmaceuticals said. chairman and chief executive Jonah Shacknai said in a statement along with ex-wife Dina Romano, the boy’s mother. Max Shacknai died at Rady’s Children’s Hospital in San Diego, Medicis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 6-year-old son of a pharmaceutical company executive died Sunday, almost a week after falling down the stairs at his father’s historic mansion - the same house where his father’s girlfriend was found dead hanging nude from a balcony two days later, the boy’s parents said.
