Adams Carol
Lurline Uller, as actress Carol Adams, appeared as a flower girl in 1923's "Navy Blues". then in several Our Gang, Mickey McGuire and Buster Brown silent shorts. She entertained in the vaudeville circuit in California. She was "rediscovered" at age 18 by Paramount, renamed Carol Adams, and appeared in 30 films including Rose of Washington Square, then came larger and credited roles in Sally, Irene and Mary; Dancing On A Dime; Ice Capades and Sis Hopkins. By 1941 she was starring with Gene Autry in Ridin' on a Rainbow, and Roy Rogers in Bad Man of Deadwood. During WWII she performed in the USO. At age 26 she married Richard Pearl, a studio exec, and retired to raise a family.
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Auble 2 shooting
In September 1908, the owner of a boarding house contacted the PD about suspicious activities of two tenants. Auble and officer Flammer went to the boarding house, hid in an adjoining room, and listened to the conversations of the two men planning a series of burglaries. On the morning of Sept. 9, 1908, Auble and Flammer followed the men walking along 9th St. Auble decided to arrest one while Flammer would arrest the other. In the struggle, Auble was shot and died at a hospital about 6 hours later. At the time, he was the highest-ranking officer killed in the line of duty in LA, the longest-serving member of the LAPD with 21 years, and was the third LAPD officer to be killed. Officers eventually tracked down Sutherland who dropped his gun and drank cyanide as officers approached.
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Auble 3 sign
Auble's funeral was held on Sept. 12, 1908, at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, which was filled to capacity with more than 3,000 additional mourners gathered outside. In addition to city officials, civic and business leaders, and members of the LAPD, representatives of police departments from around the area, from San Diego to Oakland, attended the service. A procession of 21 cars traveled to Inglewood Park Cemetery for the burial. In May 2014, the LAPD unveiled a series of memorial street signs, one for each of the more than 200 officers who have died in the line of duty, posted at or near the locations where each of the officers were killed. Auble's sign is located on the east side of Grand Avenue, just south of 9th Street (possibly now removed).
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Auble Walter
Capt. Walter Auble started working for the LA Police Department, and in July 1903, he was promoted to captain, in charge of the patrol department. In June 1904, Auble was investigating a major gambling operation in Chinatown and stationed several officers nearby, then climbed to the roof of the building and observed the gambling operation through a skylight. He removed a metal screen and crashed through the skylight. When the gamblers ran for the exits, the waiting officers moved in, and 35 men were arrested. Auble's work enforcing the city’s liquor ordinances riled the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association, which demanded his resignation. Members of the group complained about hefty fines and lost licenses due to Auble's strict enforcement of the law. However, he had the support of the department and was appointed to be chief of police after the current chief retired.
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August Joseph
Joseph August was a cinematographer whose first film was Lure of the Violin in 1913. He was picked by western star William S. Hart to shoot over 40 of Hart's westerns. Nominated for an oscar for Gunga Din (1939) and Portrait of Jennie (1948), other films include The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and They Were Expendable.
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Baker Chet
Chet Baker was a jazz trumpeter, who early in his career played with Stan Getz and Charlie Parker. A heroin addiction resulted in prison and expulsion from several European countries. He died in an accidental fall.
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Barker Reginald
Reginald Barker was a director and writer, known for directing Civilization (1916), The Bargain (1914). The Coward (1915) and his last film, Forbidden Heaven in 1935.
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Bell Ricky
Ricky Bell was a college football player at USC and led the nation in rushing in 1975. He was runner-up for the Heisman trophy, and was the first-round pick of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Bennard George
George Bennard was a hymn composer and preacher, best known for The Old Rugged Cross. He was active in the Salvation Army and preached throughout the US and Canada. He retired to Reed City MI, which maintains a museum dedicated to his life and ministry.
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Bergen Edgar
Edgar Bergen was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist (even on the radio), with dummies named Charlie McCarthy and slow-witted Mortimer Snerd. Father of actress Candace Bergen.
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Berger Walter
Wally Berger was a MLB outfielder who played for four NL teams, primarily the Boston Braves. Berger was the NLs starting centerfielder in baseball's first All-Star Game. One of the league's top sluggers of the early 1930s, in his initial 1930 season he hit 38 home runs, a record for rookies which stood until 1987. He also led the league in HRs and RBIs in 1935, and went on to become the seventh NL player to hit 200 career home runs.
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Bern Paul
Paul Bern co-produced the 1932 best picture, Grand Hotel. It was released 6 days after his death, which was ruled a suicide. He had been married for only 2 months to actress Jean Harlow.
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Berry Richard
Richard Berry gained fame with his song Louie, Louie, which the FBI futily investigated for obscene lyrics.
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Booth Margaret
Margaret Booth started as a film editor for DW Griffith. Films include Mutiny on the Bounty (1935, for which she was nominated for an oscar), Camille (1936), A Yank at Oxford (1938), The Way We Were (1973), The Sunshine Boys (1975), The Goodbye Girl (1977), The Cheap Detective (1978), and Seems Like Old Times (1980). She earned executive producer credit on The Slugger's Wife in 1985 when she was 87 years old. She was awarded an Academy Honorary Award 1978 for her work in film editing, the Women in Film Crystal Award in 1983, and the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 1990.
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Bostock Lyman
Lyman Bostock was a baseball player with the Minnesota Twins and California Angels. Though a lifetime .311 hitter, in a slump and hitting only .150 for the month of April 1978, he attempted to return his salary, stating he did not earn it., and eventually donated it to charity. He was shot and killed in his hometown of Gary, Indiana, by the jealous husband of a woman Lyman had met only 20 minutes earlier.
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