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Robert Leigh McCord III, BHS 1957

Robert Leigh McCord III, BHS 1957

Daily News of Los Angeles (CA) - Thursday, May 15, 2008
CA United States

ROBERT LEIGH MCCORD III Born on December 29, 1938 in Carroll, Iowa and passed away on May 12, 2008 in Burbank, California.
He is survived by son, Robert Leigh McCord IV; and mother, Wanda A. McCord . Mr. McCord was the owner of Sagebrush Cantina in Calabasas, California.
A funeral service is scheduled at 12:00 p.m., Friday, May 16, 2008, at the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Orangutan Foundation International, 4201 Wilshire Blvd #407, Los Angeles, CA 90010 or The Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation, P.O. Box 5312, Akron, OH 44334. FOREST LAWN MORTUARY Hollywood Hills 800-204-3131
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Founder, owner and operator of the renowned Sagebrush Cantina Restaurant in Old Town Calabasas. "Hollywood Bob" was originally a soundman for the TV series "Death Valley Days", but after surviving a plane crash opted instead to open his restaurant and bar in 1974, located on a stretch of Calabasas Road when it was then still a quiet, two-lane "Old West" country drive paralleling the Ventura 101 Freeway in the SW corner of the San Fernando Valley. He passed away as a result of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare brain disorder.

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