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Richard Knerr, co-founder of Wham-O Inc., the toy company that made the Hula Hoop, Slip 'N Slide, Silly String and Frisbee, died at Arcadia Methodist Hospital after suffering a stroke in his Arcadia home. He was 83.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30891
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Deaths
Knerr, Richard - biography
Obituaries
Toy makers
Wham-O Inc. - history
Item ID
31079AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia physician Edward N. Horner died on Monday at the age of 69.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1744
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 29, 1991
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 29, 1991
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Horner, Edward N.
Item ID
1743AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Robert Zook, co-founder of Douglass and Zook Mortuary in Monrovia, has died at the age of 78. His is the second oldest business in Monrovia. The article includes a biography.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29794
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2005
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2005
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Zook, Robert ("Bob")
Business and Industry
Douglass and Zook Mortuary
Deaths
Item ID
29979AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The man who died in a Pasadena police Taser gun incident was 36-year old Richard Baisner of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30606
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Baisner, Richard
Deaths
Pasadena Police
Taser stun guns
Weapons
Item ID
30794AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Thirty-year Arcadia resident, volunteer and community activist Lois Vanlandingham died on April 11, at the age of 64.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3551
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 18, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 18, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Vanlandingham, Lois
Item ID
3432AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The orchid houses at the Arboretum received $844,000 from the will of Huber S. Spahr, a Los Angeles teacher who died 2 years ago at age 63.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3645
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
3520AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Henry"Red" Austin, who helped start the private Highpoint Academy in Pasadena and worked as a dentist in Alhambra for more than 25 years, died Thursday at the age of 69.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper560
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Austin, Henry "Red"
Item ID
560AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Roy R. Long, a 50-year Arcadia resident who opened Roy Long's Men's Shop in 1947, died on November 5 at the age of 88.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7989
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 1996
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 1996
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Long, Roy
Item ID
7952AN
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Newspaper Index
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Lyman Cozad, who served as city manager of Arcadia from 1966 to 1977, died earlier this month. He was 86.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20244
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2001
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2001
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Cozad, Lyman
Item ID
20477AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dr. Herbert Speizer, the first podiatrist to establish a practice in Arcadia, has died at age 70.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6696
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1996
Pages
p. A4 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1996
Pages
p. A4 photo
Subjects
Speizer, Herbert
Item ID
6505AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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More details surface on the death of Arcadia man Richard Baisner, who died after Pasadena police shocked him with a Taser gun.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30615
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Baisner, Richard
Deaths
Pasadena Police
Taser stun guns
Weapons
Item ID
30803AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Restaurateur Sue Campoy, who owned and operated Julienne in San Marino, CA, has died of breast cancer. She died on March 4, at the age of 70. She was born in Arcadia on February 10, 1939.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31401
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Campoy, Sue
Julienne (restaurant) - San Marino, CA
Item ID
31594AN
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Newspaper Index
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For years, long-time Arcadia resident Kurt W. Rose designated $50 a year to the Methodist Hospital Foundation. Mr. Rose, who died last year at the age of 91, left $4.2 million to the Methodist Hospital Foundation, the largest individual contribution in the hospital's 95-year history.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper14208
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
June 4, 1998
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
June 4, 1998
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Rose, Kurt W.
Item ID
14784AN
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Monica Rodriguez, a 27 year old pregnant woman from El Monte, died at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. The family believes she died of complications from the H1N1 virus (swine flu). The family is considering legal action against Greater El Monte Community Hospital because she went there to be treated October 14 and 15, but was sent away with medicine and cough syrup, instead of admitting her.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31774
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 30, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A15
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 30, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A15
Subjects
Deaths
Rodriguez, Monica
Swine flu - H1N1 virus
Item ID
31971AN
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Newspaper Index
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Donat Gladue, who brought Don's Plumbing to Arcadia in 1945 and served the city ever since, died in his Arcadia home Saturday of natural causes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1662
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 11, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 11, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Gladue, Donat
Item ID
1661AN
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Sixty-four year old Fuzhi Ji and his two-year-old grandson died after a hit and run accident at Santa Anita Avenue and Bonita Street left them with fatal injuries.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30389
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Accidents
Deaths
Ji, Fuzhi
Item ID
30576AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Frank Hartog, who for 42 years served customers, schools and community groups, has sold his Sir JAX deli and will retire. He is being honored with a retirement party given by the El Monte Police department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27466
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc. - Sir JAX
Hartog, Frank
Item ID
27663AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Ray Marshall, founder of Acapulco Restaurants, died at age 77. He was an Arcadia resident.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper95
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1992
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1992
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Marshall, Ray
Item ID
95AN
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Newspaper Index
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The dead body of Lainie Cole, 38, of El Monte, was found floating in the lake at Peck Road Water Conservation Park at 5401 N. Peck Road. The community workers who found the body called in Arcadia Police Department but the case has been turned over to the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30820
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Cole, Lainie
Deaths
Item ID
31008AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A 3-year-old boy died when the car he was riding in was struck by a stolen vehicle being chased by Arcadia Police. The suspect that stole the car has been identified as Sara Bravo, 26, of La Puente.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29819
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Moye, Talmin II (or Jr.)
Bravo, Sara
Arcadia Police Department
Car chases
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Item ID
30004AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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