Image / Ringo Starr watching firemen extinguish fire at his house Hollywood, Calif., 1979

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Title: Ringo Starr watching firemen extinguish fire at his house Hollywood, Calif., 1979
Contributor: Meadows, Mike
Date Created and/or Issued: November 29, 1979
1979-11-29
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: ROUTED BY FIRE--Former Beatle drummer Ringo Starr watches as firemen put out hot spots in roof and attic of house he leased on Woodrow Wilson Drive, Hollywood Hills. The fire, which was believed started by sparks from a chimney that had no spark arrester, cause about $135,000 damage to roof, attic and second floor. Starr lost several hundred souvenirs from his Beatle days.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b1116_291094-1
ark:/21198/zz0002r7zw
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles County
Disaster
Fires--California--Los Angeles County
People
Musicians--Great Britain
Starr, Ringo
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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