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If you don't know Huell Howser, then you aren't from LA - and you missed one of the good guys. He had a PBS show (for eons) all about travels in Los Angeles. He died at 67 , from "natural causes". It is hard to explain how interesting Huell could make the most mundane things. He was great.
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A couple of odd items, before the tribute video.
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1. He left almost everything; money, tapes, his home, books, etc. - to Chapman College in Orange. Which was (as we might remember) where my Grandfather used to teach Psychology and was head of the Department.
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2. That really weird house in Morongo Valley (pictured below) was Huell's! It was listed for a while last year for $750,000 (with the little house at the base as well) before he donated it to Chapman.
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| The Top House has amazing views. Now part of Chapman College. |
3. He got really sick in November, but nobody says from what.
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4. Huell was pretty well know in the gay circles in Palm Springs. He was a charming man to everyone and an all around gentlemen. and yes, I know that gays think everyone was gay, but in Huell's case it was true.
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Huell will be missed. Lynnie loved him.
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