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‘Bronze Buckaroo’ Herb Jeffries, Walk Of Western Stars Honoree, Dead At 100

Jeffries Starred in B-Westerns as First Black Singing Cowboy Hero; Crooned with Duke Ellington Orchestra in late 1930s-early 1940s By Stephen K. Peeples Pioneering jazz singer-Western actor Herb Jeffries, who scored hits with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in the 1940s and on his own after riding to fame as “the Bronze Buckaroo,” the first black singing cowboy hero in Western ...

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Coroner IDs Victim From Newhall Apartment Fire In April

An official with Coroner’s Office identified Friday the body of a man found dead after a Newhall apartment fire back in April. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Clyde Henderson, 61, of Newhall, was found dead after Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighters were called to the scene of his home ...

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Santa Clarita American Legion Veteran Group Names New Leaders

American Legion Post 507, a Santa Clarita-based organization supporting veterans of foreign wars, named a new commander Thursday. Jeanine “Tootsie” Imperial was named the new commander, and former SCV Man of the Year Greg Nutter will remain first vice commander, according to J.D. Kennedy, who led the local chapter of the nation’s largest wartime-service veterans organization for the last two years. “We’re chartered by Congress to help veterans get benefits,” Kennedy said. “We do that in many different ways -- we file the paperwork, assist veterans with access to their federal and state benefits -- but Post 507 has also worked with local businesses, the city, and other organizations to better serve veterans with any immediate needs they may have.”

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