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Kelly Tungfeth Wyatt, BHS 1971

 Body of Burbank man found at cliff bottom

The Burbank Daily Review, Tuesday, December 4, 1973

The body of 21-year-old Burbank resident Kelly T. Wyatt was discovered Monday afternoon at the bottom of a 600 foot cliff off Angeles Crest Highway near Wrightwood, the California Highway Patrol reported today.

A county coroner's deputy estimated Wyatt had been dead since about 9 p.m. Sunday. The CHP said Wyatt's pickup truck had left the icy roadway and plunged down the cliff, throwing him from the vehicle.

Wyatt's body was discovered at 2 p.m. by a California Division of Highways employee who was grading the highway in the area.

The CHP said Wyatt of East Groton Drive, either died when thrown from the truck, or exposure.

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The Burbank Daily Review, Wednesday, December 5, 1973

Kelly T. Wyatt

Kelly Tungfeth Wyatt, 21, died Monday, December 3, 1973, in Azusa. He was born in Fort Hood, Texas, and had lived in Burbank for 19 years.

Mr. Wyatt was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Burbank. He was a graduate of Burbank High School and a former member of the Young Republicans Club of Burbank.

He is survived by his parents, Spencer L. and G. Diana Wyatt; twin brother, Kerry Tungfeth of Burbank; two sisters, Kathleen Wyatt of Glendale and Karyn Wyatt of Burbank; a step-brother, Michael Suggs of Hot Springs, Arkansas; and his grandfather ,Roscoe Wyatt of Oklahoma City.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church of Burbank. Interment will be at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Fillbach-Bailey directors.

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