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Obituary/death notice. Radio personality and singer Veeva "Suzy" Hamblen has died at the age of 101, in Santa Clarita, California. She and husband Stuart Hamblen (died 1989), also a radio entertainer, had a ranch in Arcadia for many years and were known as some of the leading trainers at Santa Anita Race Track in the late 1940s. Stuart and Veeva rode their Peruvian Paso horses in the Rose Parade from 1979 to 1989. Veeva was also famous as a gospel songwriter.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31025
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Celebrities
Entertainers
Famous people
Hamblen, Veeva Ellen Daniels "Suzy" (1907-2008) - biography
Hamblen, Stuart
Singers
Songwriters
Item ID
31220AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park: horses must get OK of veterinarian team to race. This is a joint effort between the California Horse Racing Board and Santa Anita Park to enhance safety measures and reviews to further protect horses. Twenty-nine horses have died at Santa Anita Park since December 26.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35527
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Newsom, Gavin (Governor of California)
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Spokesman Stuart Zanville said the Santa Anita Park race track has met city and county requirements about housing of track workers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28936
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 18, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 18, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track
Zanville, Stuart
Track workers housing
Employee living quarters
Item ID
29125AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Theodore Mauch, a member of one of the pioneering families of Arcadia, died at the age of 80.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1978
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 12, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 12, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Mauch, Theodore Thomas
Item ID
1973AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's Santa Anita Park main track to reopen today after rash of fatalities. Nineteen horses have died at Santa Anita Park Race Track since December 2018. Track surfaces are being tested.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35483
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board
Horses and horse racing
Peterson, Mick
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary and article about Mary K. Jillson Waite, 50-year Arcadia resident, who died June 28, 1979 at the age of 72.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3561
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1979
Pages
p. D-1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1979
Pages
p. D-1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Waite, Mary K. Jillson
Item ID
3441AN
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
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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Arcadia resident Harry Lauber died September 11 at the age of 69. Biographical notes included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1916
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 14, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 14, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Lauber, Harry R.
Item ID
1912AN
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Newspaper Index
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The body of Glen Dyer, former Arcadia resident who was killed in France, has been returned to this country for burial in Arlington Cemetery.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4854
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
February 19 ,1921
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Arcadia Journal
Date
February 19 ,1921
Subjects
Dyer, Glen
Item ID
4730AN
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Arcadia resident Walter W. Coke, who began weaving at the age of 80, will have an exhibit in the hobby show at the Elks club on March 12 - 14.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16580
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 26, 1959
Pages
p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 26, 1959
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Coke, Walter W.
Item ID
17365AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Former Arcadia resident and USC football star in the 1950s died of heart disease in Reno, NV, at the age of 73. See hard copy in VF "Deaths."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29410
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Welsh, Louis ("Lou")
Athletes
Sports Figures
Item ID
29594AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Fordyce Johnson, a former Arcadia resident, died late last month at his home in San Diego from the complications of old age. The 93 year old was former chief of staff at Methodist Hospital.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper13407
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Johnson, Fordyce
Item ID
13603AN
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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
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Dennis A. Lojeski was tearfully remembered as friends and family gathered Sunday to dedicate a baseball field in Eisenhower Park to the former mayor and city councilman, who died in August at age 52.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8455
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Lojeski, Dennis A.
Eisenhower Park
Item ID
8411AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary of John Hoeppel, Arcadia resident since 1919, former Congressman from this area, and former Arcadia Post Master between 1922 and 1930. Died September 21, 1976 at age 95. Biographical data included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1728
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 23, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 23, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Hoeppel, John H.
Item ID
1727AN
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Two horses die in the span of two days from training injuries at Santa Anita Park racetrack. They were named Cayton Kid and Magnolia. Track officials noted the number of fatalities dropped sharply from 2019, when 42 horses died. According to Santa Anita Park, 17 horses died at the track in 2020 and 12 died last year. The track's safety rate has improved by 43% compared to last year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36228
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 28, 2022
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 28, 2022
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Ferraro, Kyle
Horses and horse racing
Marten, Mike
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Stute, Gary
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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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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Austin, Henry "Red"
Item ID
560AN
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Two horses die at Santa Anita Park, two at Los Alamitos within one week. The two at Santa Anita were named Kakistocracy (died while training) and Electric Ride (died of non-musculoskeletal sudden death).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36081
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 21, 2021
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 21, 2021
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Deaths
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park concerns continue as Lasix debate rages on. Twenty-seven horses have died since December 26. Lasix is a diuretic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35523
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 7, 2019
Pages
p. B8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 7, 2019
Pages
p. B8
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Wilson, Art
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Newspaper Index
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