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<span style="color:#006400">'''SIMON, Sam Robert'''</span> (1908-1960), fisherman who died of a heart attack when he hooked a fish on June 3, 1960.



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=====<span style="color:#006400">In the News~</span>=====



'''June 9, 1960 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Sam Robert Simon, 52, of Inglewood suffered a fatal heart attack Saturday morning, when he hooked a fish only 100 yards off the south east end of Catalina Island. He was aboard ''The Hustler'' owned and operated by George Nio of Wilmington. Nio radioed the Coast Guard at 6 a.m. and started for Avalon. An ambulance was awaiting on the pier. Dr. Robert Staff pronounced Simon dead upon his arrival.”