Jack (Moose) Melvin Myers Written by Los Altos Town Crier Report
Jack (Moose) Melvin Myers, resident of Menlo Park, CA was born Oct. 8, 1924 in St. Louis Missouri to Clarence and Daisy Myers and passed away at the age of 96 on Christmas Eve, 2020. He is preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, Donna Myers and his brother Keith Myers. The family moved to Ventura, CA in 1933, the boys wearing knickers and all. At Ventura High School Jack lettered in football, baseball, basketball, track, and tennis. This earned him a scholarship to UCLA. Jack attended UCLA in 1944-45, then joined the Navy to fight in WWII, becoming an officer. On his way to Japan on a Navy destroyer the war ended and Jack returned to UCLA to play in the 1947 and 1948 Rose Bowls. Some of his teammates were Cal Rossi (leading ground gainer in the nation in 1948), Skip Rowland, and Robert Hansen. Jack was the starting first baseman, leading hitter, and M.V.P. of
discovered dead. the man at the center of the l.a. riots found at the bottom of his swimming pool. tonight, a look back at rodney king s final moments and look back at his life. rodney king may have died, his fiance who was a juror in his civil suit found him dead this morning. reporter: rodney king s friends and daughters hugged outside his southern california home. king was pool side when she stepped inside. and she heard a splash. she came out to see what had happened and she found mr. king at the bottom of the pool. reporter: king s fiance called 911. when police arrived they pulled him out of the pool and conducted cpr. king died at the hospital. in the 90s, king was captured on video tape. can we all, can we all get along? reporter: king has been in this realto community since 2001 but many of his neighbors had no idea he lived here. he often went by his middle name, glen. king has been arrested several times since the riot mostly for alcohol related the crime