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<span style="color:#006400">'''BJORSETH, James'''</span> (1940-1968) [#557-52-2584], drowned while diving at Santa Catalina Island on March 23, 1968.



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



'''March 28, 1968 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “On March 23, James T. Bjorseth, a skindiver aboard the ''Scuba Queen'' out of Norm's Landing, was brought to the surface in an unconscious condition by other divers. The accident occurred near Ship Rock in the Catalina Isthmus area. Bjorseth was pronounced dead on arrival at Avalon Hospital where he had been rushed by the Coast Guard Air and Sea Rescue. The cause of death has not been determined. Bjorseth, 18, was from Chatsworth.”


'''May 2, 1968 [“Independent Long Beach]:'''  “Scuba diver drowns off Catalina. Avalon.—A Chatsworth scuba diver, James Bjorseth, has drowned while diving off Catalina Island. Bjorseth was diving off the sports fishing boat ''Scuba Queen'', when he drowned according to sheriff's deputies. It was believed he many have become sick in the water. ”