Louis Oliver Gropp Dies at 88; Led Shelter Magazines Through Turmoil Posted by By Penelope Green October 30, 2023Posted inConde Nast Publications Inc, Deaths (Obituaries), Fashion, HOUSE & GARDEN, House Beautiful, Interior Design and Furnishings, Louis Oliver Gropp, Magazines He turned House & Garden into an upscale chronicle of the good life in the 1980s, and broadened the focus of House Beautiful in the 1990s.