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Charles Richard Imbrecht (1949-2000) —
also known as Charles R. Imbrecht —
of Ventura, Ventura
County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Ventura, Ventura
County, Calif., February
4, 1949.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly 36th District, 1976-82; candidate for California
state senate 18th District, 1982.
Lutheran.
Pleaded
guilty in 1997 to charges
of drunk
driving
and marijuana
possession and served one month in jail.
Died, apparently from a heart
attack, in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
18, 2000 (age 50 years, 348
days).
Interment at Ivy
Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Earl Richard Imbrecht and Hazel Victoria (Berg) Imbrecht; married,
September
23, 1979, to Alida Margit Bergseid. |
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Samuel Williams Inge (1817-1868) —
of Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala.
Born in Warren
County, N.C., February
22, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1844-45; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1847-51; in 1853, he
participated in a duel
with Rep. Edward
Stanly, but neither was seriously injured; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1853-56.
Slaveowner.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 10,
1868 (age 51 years, 109
days).
Original interment at Calvary
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1942 at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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William Irvine (1820-1882) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Whitney Point, Broome
County, N.Y., February
14, 1820.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1859-61; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War; taken prisoner by Confederate
forces at Beverly Ford, 1863, and held at Libby Prison in Richmond,
Va.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
12, 1882 (age 62 years, 271
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Eugene Semmes Ives (b. 1854) —
also known as Eugene S. Ives —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
11, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1885, 1887;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1888;
member of New York
state senate 11th District, 1888-91; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1894; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Fred Clinton Jacobs (b. 1865) —
of San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
13, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Arizona, 1923.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Enock Jacobs and Hannah Kidder (Jones) Jacobs; married, November
11, 1923, to Elizabeth Ferrell. |
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Ernest Rupert James (1881-1968) —
also known as Ernest R. James —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Halleck, Buchanan
County, Mo., January
12, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 4th District,
1921-22; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1923-26; defeated, 1926.
Died July 5,
1968 (age 87 years, 175
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Kevin James (b. 1963) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in 1963.
Republican. Lawyer; radio show
host; candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 2013.
Gay.
Still living as of 2014.
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William P. James (b. 1870) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
10, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; superior court judge in California,
1905-10; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1910-23; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1923.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David James and Jane (Parry) James; married 1896 to Ella
V. Haas. |
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Gardiner Johnson (b. 1905) —
of Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
10, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1934-; member of California
state assembly, 1935-47; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1940
(alternate), 1956
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1960,
1964,
1968;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1964-68.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Johnson (b. 1928) —
of San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.; Arroyo Grande, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
8, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1964;
district judge in California, 1971-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Zeta
Psi; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1973.
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Hiram Warren Johnson (1866-1945) —
also known as Hiram W. Johnson —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
2, 1866.
Lawyer; Governor of
California, 1911-17; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1912,
1920
(alternate); Progressive candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1912; U.S.
Senator from California, 1917-45; died in office 1945; candidate
for Republican nomination for President, 1920,
1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
6, 1945 (age 78 years, 338
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Rollin George Johnson (1893-1986) —
also known as Rollin G. Johnson —
of Forest Lake, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Forest Lake, Washington
County, Minn., November
11, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Minnesota
state house of representatives District 43, 1925-30, 1935-42;
member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1943; candidate for justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1946.
Died in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., December
31, 1986 (age 93 years, 50
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Wyoming, Minn.
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Finis Ewing Johnston (1843-1920) —
also known as Finis E. Johnston —
of California.
Born in Greene
County, Mo., November
11, 1843.
Lawyer; member of California
state assembly 20th District, 1883-85.
Died in Napa
County, Calif., May 14,
1920 (age 76 years, 185
days).
Interment at Tulocay
Cemetery, Napa, Calif.
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Dave Jones (b. 1962) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born January
4, 1962.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly 9th District, 2004-11; California
insurance commissioner, 2011-.
Still living as of 2011.
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William Moseley Jones (1905-1988) —
of Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Ohio, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1933-38; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1937-38; delegate
to California convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1988
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Julius Kahn (1861-1924) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Kuppenheim, Baden (now Germany),
February
28, 1861.
Republican. Actor;
lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1892; U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 1899-1903, 1905-24;
died in office 1924.
Jewish.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
18, 1924 (age 63 years, 294
days).
Interment at Home
of Peace Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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George Albert Kasem (1919-2002) —
also known as George A. Kasem —
of West Covina, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Drumright, Creek
County, Okla., April 6,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from California 25th District, 1959-61; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960.
Died in West Covina, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
11, 2002 (age 82 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Francis Keating (1905-1984) —
also known as Thomas F. Keating —
of San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Sausalito, Marin
County, Calif., June 28,
1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1936; member of California
state senate 13th District, 1937; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1944.
Died in Marin
County, Calif., October
6, 1984 (age 79 years, 100
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of John Joseph Keating and Ellen Elizabeth (Brown)
Keating. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert H. Keefe (c.1941-2000) —
of California.
Born in Bauxite, Saline
County, Ark., about 1941.
Lawyer; municipal judge in California, 1994-98; superior court
judge in California, 1998-2000.
Died, from complications of leukemia,
at USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
3, 2000 (age about 59
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard J. Keene (b. 1957) —
also known as Rick Keene —
of Chico, Butte
County, Calif.
Born in Crescent City, Del Norte
County, Calif., November
16, 1957.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Chico, Calif., 1997-98; member of California
state assembly 3rd District, 2002-08; candidate for California
state senate 4th District, 2010.
Still living as of 2010.
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James Harvey Kemp (1871-1962) —
also known as J. H. Kemp —
of Fullerton, Nance
County, Neb.; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Page
County, Va., October
6, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1913; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1916;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Nebraska, February
19, 1962 (age 90 years, 136
days).
Interment at Fullerton
Cemetery, Fullerton, Neb.
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Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Hamilton, White Pine
County, Nev.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine, April
22, 1828.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1871-75.
Died in Mt. Rainier, Prince
George's County, Md., June 25,
1914 (age 86 years, 64
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Kennedy; Bobby Kennedy;
"R.F.K." —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.; Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
20, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1961-64; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1965-68; died in office 1968; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1968.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
On June 5, 1968, while running
for president, having just won the California presidential primary,
was shot and
mortally
wounded by Sirhan Sirhan, in the Ambassador Hotel,
and died the next day in in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 6,
1968 (age 42 years, 199
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; married, June 17,
1950, to Ethel Skakel; father of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II and Kerry Kennedy (who married Andrew
Mark Cuomo); uncle of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: Benjamin
Altman — John
Bartlow Martin — Frank
Mankiewicz — Paul
Schrade |
| | | The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building
(opened 1935, renamed 2001), in Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Robert F. Kennedy: Arthur
M. Schlesinger Jr., Robert
Kennedy and His Times — Evan Thomas, Robert
Kennedy : His Life — Joseph A. Palermo, In
His Own Right — Thurston Clarke, The
Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired
America — Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Some
of It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ — Bill
Eppridge, A
Time it Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties |
| | | Critical books about Robert F. Kennedy:
Allen Roberts, Robert
Francis Kennedy: Biography of a Compulsive
Politician — Victor Lasky, RFK:
Myth and Man — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince, The
Kennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print |
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Roger Kent (1906-1980) —
of Kentfield, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 8,
1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1948, 1950
(Democratic); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1956,
1960,
1964;
California
Democratic state chair, 1958; co-chair, Lyndon
Johnson for President campaign, 1964.
Died May 16,
1980 (age 73 years, 343
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Carroll
County, Md., August
1, 1779.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1833-41.
During the war of 1812, while on a mission to obtain the release of a
prisoner from British forces, witnessed the bombardment of Fort
McHenry from the deck of the British ship Surprise; that
night, September 13-14, 1814, he wrote a poem "The Spangled Banner".
The poem was published soon afterward, rapidly gained popularity, and
became the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem.
Died, from pleurisy,
in Baltimore,
Md., January
11, 1843 (age 63 years, 163
days).
Originally entombed at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; later interred in 1866 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; memorial monument at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Homer Baird Kidwell (1911-2000) —
also known as H. Baird Kidwell —
of Hawaii.
Born in Maricopa, Kern
County, Calif., October
20, 1911.
Lawyer; justice of
Hawaii state supreme court, 1975-79.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, at Rogue Valley Medical
Center, Medford, Jackson
County, Ore., December
27, 2000 (age 89 years, 68
days).
Cremated.
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Joon Kim (b. 1971) —
of New York.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 26,
1971.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 2017-18.
Korean
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2018.
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Robert Carter Kirkwood (1909-1964) —
also known as Robert C. Kirkwood —
of Saratoga, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Mountain View, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
30, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1947-53; resigned 1953; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1952;
California
state auditor, 1953-58; appointed 1953; defeated, 1958; General
Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, 1959-64.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., May 5,
1964 (age 54 years, 249
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Goodwin Jess Knight (1896-1970) —
also known as Goodwin J. Knight —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Provo, Utah
County, Utah, December
9, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; superior court judge in California, 1935-46; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1947-53; Governor of
California, 1953-59; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1956
(speaker),
1960
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1958; candidate for Presidential Elector
for California.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Order of
Ahepa; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 22,
1970 (age 73 years, 164
days).
Originally entombed at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.; re-entombed in
1971 in mausoleum at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
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Quentin Lewis Kopp (b. 1928) —
also known as Quentin L. Kopp —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1928.
Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1979; member of California
state senate, 1986-98; superior court judge in California,
1999-2004.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2006.
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Gabe Kralik —
of Pleasanton, Alameda
County, Calif.
Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Pleasanton, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Charles Kramer (1879-1943) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., April
18, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 13th District, 1933-43; defeated,
1942, 1943; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1936;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1941.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Cedar Lodge Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
20, 1943 (age 63 years, 277
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Calvary
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Thomas Henry Kuchel (1910-1994) —
also known as Thomas H. Kuchel —
of Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif., August
15, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1936-39; member of California
state senate, 1940-43; California
Republican state chair, 1940-41; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1953-69; defeated in primary, 1968.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died of lung
cancer in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
21, 1994 (age 84 years, 98
days).
Interment at Anaheim
Cemetery, Anaheim, Calif.
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Sheila James Kuehl (b. 1941) —
also known as Sheila J. Kuehl —
of California.
Born in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., February
9, 1941.
Democrat. Professional actress
in 1950-67, best known for her role as "Zelda Gilroy" in
the 1959-63 television
comedy series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis".;
lawyer; member of California
state assembly 41st District, 1992-2000; member of California
state senate 23rd District, 2000-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2000.
Female.
Lesbian.
Still living as of 2014.
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