Bruce Wayne Eicher; Interior Decorator, Philanthropist

Bruce Wayne Eicher, 53, internationally popular interior decorator and philanthropist. A native of Boulder, Colo., Eicher set up his design firm Bruce Eicher Inc. in West Hollywood in 1963. He began with a line of chandeliers and went on to design furnishings for the Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons hotel chains and for wealthy individuals here and in Saudi Arabia. His work was regularly featured in Architectural Digest. A donor of millions of dollars to gay and AIDS groups, Eicher set up West Hollywood fund-raisers to involve the design community in contributing money to combat AIDS. He was a founding member and active in the Bank of Los Angeles, AIDS Project Los Angeles, Project Angel Food, West Hollywood Alcohol & Drug Center, Gay and Lesbian Community Center and others. On Thursday in West Hollywood of complications of AIDS.