Houston Icon Marvin Zindler Dies At 85
Houston Icon Marvin Zindler Dies At 85
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#1Houston Icon Marvin Zindler Dies At 85
Posted: 7/29/07 at 9:09pm
"Marvin Zindler, a Houston institution for more than three decades and a pioneer of consumer reporting, died Sunday at M.D. Anderson Hospital after a fight with cancer.
The irrasible, flamboyant 85-year-old television personality had been diagnosed in July with inoperable pancreatic cancer that had spread to his liver.
Even in his last days, Zindler continued to work, filing reports from his hospital bed. In his last report, broadcast Saturday, in which he helped a 45-year-old U.S. citizen secure a social security card necessary for employment, Zindler appeared thin and his voice was weak.
Still, he signed off with a hearty "MAARVIN ZINDLER, EYEWITNESS NEWS" — his trademark for 34 years with KTRK Channel 13."
Ugh. Not cool.
Obviously this will mostly matter only to Houstonians.
But still.
Not cool.
Updated On: 7/29/07 at 09:09 PM
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#2re: Marvin Zindler Dies At 85
Posted: 7/29/07 at 9:09pm
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5009880.html
Yawper
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#3re: Marvin Zindler Dies At 85
Posted: 7/29/07 at 9:28pmCool name.
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#4re: Marvin Zindler Dies At 85
Posted: 7/29/07 at 9:36pm
SLIME IN THE ICE MACHINE!
(HE SAID SLIME IN THE ICE MACHINE!)
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#5re: Marvin Zindler Dies At 85
Posted: 7/29/07 at 9:36pmHe was the inspiration for Melvin P. Thorpe in THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS.
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#7re: Marvin Zindler Dies At 85
Posted: 7/30/07 at 2:14am
"MAARVIN ZINDLER, EYEWITNESS NEWS" — his trademark for 34 years with KTRK Channel 13."
His "trademark"? For THIRTY FOUR YEARS?
I guess we know what it will say on his tombstone, eh?
I can't imagine a more meaningful and poignant "trademark".
#8re: Marvin Zindler Dies At 85
Posted: 7/30/07 at 3:14amIt was the way he said it. He was such a character and will be missed.
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#9re: Marvin Zindler Dies At 85
Posted: 7/30/07 at 3:16am
Maaaaaarvin Zindler! EEEEEYE-WITNESS NEWS!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pJObxxYaHpI
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#10re: Marvin Zindler Dies At 85
Posted: 7/30/07 at 3:18amOne of the most offbeat and delightfully unique newscasters EVER. Everyone else is beyond boring compared to him.
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