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On a normal summer’s day, the OrangeCounty fairgrounds could be foundpacked with people who have come out toenjoy the thrills and delicious bites of theOrange County Fair.

The fair was canceled this year due tothe coronavirus pandemic, but cars filedthrough the parking lot at the fairgroundsthroughout Friday morning.

Saddleback Church put on the food dis-tribution event in Costa Mesa, one ofmany it has provided since the onset ofthe pandemic.

“We’ve been giving away food in OrangeCounty for 11 years, and so whenCOVID-19 hit and about 158 food pantriesclosed almost immediately in Orange

MICHELLESTEEL, chairwomanof theOrangeCountyBoardofSupervisors, handsoutbottlesofwaterduringadrive-through fooddistributionevent at theOrangeCounty fairgrounds inCostaMesaonFriday.The food included freshproduce, shelf-stable food,dairyproducts andbread.

Church teams up with countysupervisor at food giveaway

Photos by Kevin Chang | Staff Photographer

VOLUNTEERSWITH Saddleback Church and Calvary Chapel team up to help hand outgroceries during a drive-through food distribution event at the O.C. fairgrounds on Friday.

Michelle Steel joins volunteers atthe Saddleback Church event atthe Orange County fairgrounds,which draws families affectedby the coronavirus pandemic.BYANDREWTURNER

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School will be back in session forthe Laguna Beach Unified SchoolDistrict on Aug. 24, but students willnot immediately be present in theclassroom when summer ends.

After directing district staff to sur-vey parents on options for the up-coming school year, the LagunaBeach Unified School District boardof trustees voted 4-1, with boardmember Dee Perry dissenting, to be-gin the upcoming school year withdistance learning, which will contin-ue through the end of the first tri-mester.

Parents were surveyed on whatthey would choose between two pro-grams for the school year — a virtualacademy or a hybrid trimester modelthat would allow students to attendin-person classes two days a week incohorts of no more than 15 withasynchronous learning scheduled forstudents on Fridays.

Families that choose a virtualacademy would be able to transitionto the hybrid model at the end ofeach trimester, if space permits.

Perry said schools should start theyear closed, but she didn’t want tocommit to the vote of implementingthe programs in the event that Or-ange County is permitted to reopenits schools and said the vote wouldbe brought back before the board.

"[Orange County Health CareAgency Director Dr. Clayton Chau]says there’s a 14-day window andthat they will let us know then ifthings change, and I know Dr. Viloriacan bring it back, but it’s not givinganybody a sense of security if it canbe brought back or if it’s a trimester,”Perry said. “It’s just too confusing, Ithink.”

In written correspondence to theschool district, parents advocatedboth for and against the hybrid tri-mester model, with some arguingthat their students wouldn’t be ableto learn a full year’s worth of course-work or Advanced Placement

Lagunadistrict tobegin withdistancelearningThe board of trusteesvotes 4-1 to start theupcoming school yearonline on Aug. 24.BY LILLY NGUYEN

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Dr. Larry Klein delivered 5,000babies, mostly at Hoag Hospital,over a 40-year career. In the samehospital, on July 17, he died ofCOVID-19.

Lawrence Erwin Klein, 86, wasfit, sharp and proudly independ-ent, his daughters said. Thoughhe gave up driving about twoyears ago, the widower called onLyft to get him around and he didall his own shopping and much ofhis own cooking.

But the retired obstetrician andgynecologist was a voraciousreader who understood the medi-cal significance of the novel co-ronavirus. He also had a well-managed heart condition. Hetook the emerging crisis seriously,and agreed to self-isolate insidehis Newport Coast home in earlyMarch, even before Gov. GavinNewsom ordered the statewideshutdown.

about it. We would have loved tohave him around for another dec-ade and he probably had it inhim, genetically. But he didn’t getit.”

But Yeany said it gives hersome comfort that her fatherdidn’t linger in a precarious state.

Yeany said her father’s gift forlistening made him a great doc-

tor. His ear-to-ear grin and dis-tinct Texas twang helped.

Klein was born July 24, 1933,and grew up in a hardscrabbleJewish neighborhood in southDallas. He played football at theUniversity of Texas-Austin andbecame a gym teacher and phys-

pneumonia.His doctors determined that

the virus had damaged his bodyso much that even if he recov-ered, he would never be thesame. As Klein had made clear inadvanced directives — and ver-bally upon his final hospital ad-mission — he did not want anyextraordinary lifesaving measuresor diminished quality of life. Hisfamily agreed to palliative care.

He was on hospice for twohours and 45 minutes, said StacyKlein Yeany, another daughter.

Because Hoag still allows visi-tors in the hospice ward, Yeanycame up from her home in theSan Diego area and sat with himas he passed. Other family mem-bers said their goodbyes overFaceTime. His death was unex-pected but peaceful. He was aweek shy of his 87th birthday.

“He could have been aroundfor another 10 years,” said Yeany,61. “He got robbed, no question

Friends delivered his groceries.He took walks near his condo-minium. He set, and met, a goalof going back out into public onJune 15.

“He was not reckless,” said hisyoungest of four children, KeriBernstein, from her New Yorkhome. “He wore a mask.” She saidthey will never know how he gotthe virus.

He went shopping and ate on arestaurant patio. He received afew visitors. But by June 26 hewas showing signs of illness, andon July 5, a Sunday, he was admit-ted to Hoag at the urging of aclose friend and colleague, Dr. JoeRiggio.

Bernstein said her father’shealth improved at first. He re-ceived Remdesivir, and his careteam was considering physicaltherapy. But that Thursday, hishealth declined sharply. It was acytokine storm, and it batteredhis body with inflammation and

Dr. Larry Klein, 86, dies of COVID-19 inthe hospital where he spent his career

Courtesy ofStacy Yeany

DR. LARRYKLEINwas anobstetricianandgynecologistwho spentmost of his40-year careerat HoagHospital inNewportBeach.

See Klein, page A4

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Times Community News,which publishes the Daily Pilotand TimesOC, won three OrangeCounty Press Club awards onThursday.

Daily Pilot columnist PatriceApodaca won the David McQuayAward for best columnist, whileTimesOC contributor BradleyZint took first place in the food

and restaurant category.TimesOC contributor CaitlinYoshiko Kandil finished secondin the religion category.

Zint’s Nov. 7 story was on arestaurateur who fishes, andKandil wrote about Muslims whotravel to prisons to minister toinmates, and her piece was pub-lished on April 15, 2019.

The Orange County Press Clubrecognized work from 2019. Theevent was originally scheduledfor June 18 at Anaheim Hills GolfCourse, but the COVID-19 pan-demic canceled the in-persongala. The journalism club re-vealed all the winners on Face-book Live Thursday.

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County, we said, ‘You knowwhat, as a church, we’vegot to really scale up,’ ”said Rana Muncy, the di-rector of mission forSaddleback Church’s re-gional campuses.

“We are doing about sev-en times the amount ofvolume that we would nor-mally do, so we went fromserving 2,500 families amonth to serving about5,000 families a week. Justsince March 9, we havegiven away 3 millionpounds of groceries topeople in need, and wehelp anybody who saysthey have a need. Theyhave given it away fromL.A. to San Diego.”

Those wanting to findout about future food give-aways can do so at saddleback.com/getfood.

The food given away in-cluded fresh produce,shelf-stable food, dairyproducts and bread.

Three lines were set upto help facilitate the fooddistribution to those whoarrived by car. There wasalso a walk-up option.

Once cars had madetheir way through the fourfood giveaway stations, afinal stop provided the op-tion for people to partici-pate in prayer with achurch volunteer.

“We would offer to praywith them there, but themost important thing is weask them how they’re do-ing,” Muncy said. “We givethem information on how

to handle the food safely,how to protect themselvesand their family from thevirus, and that’s where weconnect with them.

“I can’t tell you how peo-ple are just in tears afterreceiving prayer becausethere’s a lot of stress that’sgoing on with the [unease]that’s going on in theworld.”

Muncy said that it takesabout 150 volunteers to puton an event such as theone Friday. She said Sec-ond Harvest and O.C. FoodBank help provide thefood, as well as contrib-utions from the church’scongregation.

“I liked how it was verywell organized, especiallythe little special prayer thatthey give you at the end,”said Cheyenne Verduzco,34, a single mother of threechildren who came fromTustin to the food give-away.

Charles Castro, 44, ofLoma Linda was one of thevolunteers providing car-side prayer.

“It’s always uplifting,”Castro said. “People are re-ceptive. People need this.People cry. It’s just nice togive them hope and love.”

Cheryl Squires, 34, ofCosta Mesa said that shehas scarcely left the housesince the pandemic.

“I feel very blessed tohave this opportunity,”Squires said. “I thought thelines were going to takeforever, and I didn’t thinkwe would get more thanmaybe a box of food, so itwas a really blessed sur-prise to get multiple thingsto survive on during thistime of need.”

At the first station wherecars arrived on Friday, Or-ange County Board of Su-pervisors ChairwomanMichelle Steel handed outwater. She said that peoplecan sometimes feel embar-rassed to accept help, andshe wanted to welcome theparticipants and makethem feel comfortable bygiving them a warm greet-ing.

As for what OrangeCounty residents shouldbe doing to stop the spreadof COVID-19, Steel stressedbest practices.

“We are just emphasiz-ing that we strongly rec-ommend that you have towear masks and that youhave to have 6 feet of socialdistancing, and then hy-

giene, wash your hands,”Steel said. “We are actuallypromoting ‘Face, Handsand Feet,’ so it means cov-erings, and then washing,and then 6 feet away.”

The Orange CountyHealth Care Agency re-ported 14 coronavirusdeaths and 418 new casesof COVID-19 in Friday’supdate.

There has been 618deaths due to the virus and36,196 cumulative cases ofthe disease countywide.

Current hospitalizationscaused by the virus stoodat 593 as of Friday, with 191of those patients in inten-sive care units.

An additional 5,811 testsfor COVID-19 were per-formed within the last day,bringing the total of re-lated tests in the county to409,264. The number of re-coveries made from bat-tling the coronavirus in thecounty is estimated to be23,499.

Here are the latest cu-mulative case counts anddeaths for select cities:

• Santa Ana: 6,832 cases;161 deaths

• Anaheim: 6,191 cases;153 deaths

• Huntington Beach:1,668 cases; 45 deaths

• Costa Mesa: 1,184cases; eight deaths

• Irvine: 1,174 cases; ninedeaths

• Newport Beach: 820cases; eight deaths

• Fountain Valley: 356cases; nine deaths

• Laguna Beach: 133cases; fewer than fivedeaths

Here are the demo-graphics in Orange Countyfor the case counts fol-lowed by deaths:

By age:• 0 to 17: 2,178; 0• 18 to 24: 5,380; 2• 25 to 34: 8,194; 9• 35 to 44: 5,912; 18• 45 to 54: 5,898; 55• 55 to 64: 4,329; 81• 65 to 74: 2,120; 114• 75 to 84: 1,210; 144• 85 and older: 945; 194By race/ethnicity:• Latino: 8,533; 254• White: 5,402; 199• Asian: 1,541; 90• Black: 283; 8• Unknown: 16,123; 8• Other (includes Pacific

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The district said it wouldbe exploring the possibilityof pursuing a waiver thatwould allow for elementaryschools to reopen for in-person instruction for stu-dents in transitional kinder-garten through sixth grade.The district has two suchschools: El Morro and Topof the World ElementarySchools.

Supt. Jason Viloria saidthere is still no languageavailable on the waivers orindication when that infor-mation will be received bythe district.

Gov. Gavin Newsom saidschools in 32 counties onthe state’s COVID-19 moni-toring list, which includesOrange County, will not beable to reopen until eachcounty is able to stay off ofthe state’s watch list for 14consecutive days.

The Orange CountyHealth Care Agency re-ported 418 new cases and14 new deaths on Friday,pushing the cumulative to-tals of both to 36,196 and618 respectively.

Of those cases, 133 of thecumulative case totals inthe county were in LagunaBeach. Deputy Supt. LeisaWinston said Friday thatabout 77% of parent re-spondents for elementarystudents wanted the hybridtrimester model once thedistrict would be able toprovide it while 23% optedfor the virtual academy.About 80% of parent re-spondents for secondarystudents wanted the hy-brid, while 20% wanted vir-tual.

District staff said ifschools in Orange Countyare permitted to reopenprior to the end of the firsttrimester, the board wouldreconvene.

Neighboring districtNewport-Mesa Unified alsowill start classes on Aug. 24online, with plans to re-

open schools when it be-comes feasible and an op-tion for families to keeptheir students at home.

Assistant Supt. Jeff Dixon,in a presentation Monday,went over health and safetyplans.

Students in third to 12thgrade would be required towear masks or face cov-erings at all times on cam-pus or in classrooms.

Staff and visitors will alsobe required to wear a maskor face covering. Individu-als would be screened fortheir temperatures and cus-todians would be trainedon cleaning procedures forCOVID-19.

Students in transitionalkindergarten to secondgrade would not be re-quired to wear face cov-erings or masks.

“Student safety and staffsafety have to be pa-ramount. I really don’t wantto lose a student or staffmember to COVID on mywatch here in this district,and I would assume noneof us would want that tohappen,” Viloria said.“We’re trying to err as muchon the side of caution andsafety as we can.”

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“Student safetyand staff safetyhave to beparamount. Ireally don’twant to lose astudent or staffmember toCOVID on mywatch here inthis district,and I wouldassume none ofus would wantthat to happen.”

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T he COVID-19 pan-demic has wreakedhavoc on California’s

manufacturers and smallbusinesses.

While Congress hastaken quick actions toprovide economic relief forimpacted industries, there’sstill much work left to do tohelp local businesses re-cover, protect much-needed jobs and helpeconomies across thecountry rebound strongerthan ever.

That’s why it’s a littledisconcerting that insteadof pursuing real solutionsto help American workers,some members of Con-gress are jeopardizing thestrength of a program that

supports more than250,000 direct or indirectjobs across the country,including more than 60right here at Notthoff Engi-neering in HuntingtonBeach. The program beingheld under the microscopeis the F-35 Lightning II —the most advanced aircraftthe U.S. has to offer.

Instead of trying to nit-pick flaws or look for faultsin the F-35 program, mem-bers of Congress — includ-ing the House OversightCommittee — ought torecognize the program forwhat it is: an integral partof our national defensestrategy that happens to bea major source of jobs forskilled American workers.

Particularly during thesetrying economic times, theF-35 program has re-mained a constant sourceof employment and econo-mic activity. At NotthoffEngineering, we are proudmembers of the F-35 sup-ply chain, helping contrib-ute to the production of thestate-of-the-art aircraft bymanufacturing structurecomponents. We are justone of the more than 1,800

suppliers working to bringthe F-35 to life day in andday out.

Criticism about some ofthe F-35 program’s delaysand setbacks are short-sighted and miss the biggerpicture. Of course, properoversight is always impor-tant, but it needs to berooted in a clear under-standing of how a programof this size and scopeworks.

The F-35 program is stillmaturing; there are boundto be hiccups in the road.However, when looked atfrom a 30,000-foot-view, soto speak, the program isoutperforming expecta-tions in every way. Just asproduction costs havedecreased drastically sincethe program’s inception, sotoo are sustainment costsstarting to decline.

The fact is, sustaining anaircraft of this magnituderequires long-term con-tracts with vendors workingin high volumes in order tokeep up with the growingdemand for parts.

That’s why fully support-ing and maintaining fund-ing for the F-35 program isso critical. Not only is ithelping to equip our troopsand allies with the mostcapable aircraft in the skies,but it is keeping the wheelsof our economy greasedand running smoothly,particularly for manufac-turers and parts supplierslike us that have been facedwith significant challengesas of late.

The F-35 has showndemonstrable success —not only with regard toproviding taxpayer valuebut also when it comes tosupporting local jobs andstrengthening local econo-mies. We are in a timewhen COVID-19 has hob-bled the American econo-my and delayed or dis-rupted work for manymanufacturers and engi-neers. Californians needthe support the F-35 pro-gram provides now morethan ever.

The bottom line is con-gressional leadershipshould be working to pro-tect local jobs and spureconomic growth. One wayto do that is to fully supportthe F-35 program and thelong-term benefits it pro-vides our businesses, ourcommunities and our wayof life. That’s what Congressshould be doing — notnitpicking oversight detailsand potentially endanger-ing this program as well asthe small businesses itsupports.

COMMENTARY | ARNIE JUAREZ

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Criticismabout aircraftproduction isshort-sighted

ARNIE JUAREZ is thechief operating officer ofNotthoff Engineering basedin Huntington Beach.

The F-35 hasshowndemonstrablesuccess — notonly withregard toprovidingtaxpayer valuebut also whenit comes tosupportinglocal jobs andstrengtheninglocaleconomies.

Hoag, UCI make U.S.News &World Reportbest hospitals ratings

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyte-rian in Newport Beach and UCI Med-ical Center in Orange received highmarks in the annual rankings issuedby U.S. News & World Report.

The rankings recognize hospitalsthat excel in treating the most chal-lenging patients and conditions. Forthe 2020-21 rankings and ratings, U.S.News evaluated more than 4,500medical centers nationwide in 25specialties, procedures and condi-tions.

UCI Medical Center was rankedfifth in the Los Angeles metropolitanregion. This year’s findings also high-light the excellence of UCI Healthprograms nationally in gynecology atNo. 16; urology at No. 24; nephrologyat No. 43; and geriatrics at No. 45among similar programs nationally.

Hoag was the highest ranked hospi-tal in Orange County, the fourth-besthospital in the Los Angeles metroarea and ranked eighth in California.

It was also recognized for highperformance in 13 specialty pro-cedures. Hoag’s rankings includedNo. 27 in neurology and neurosur-gery; No. 29 in diabetes and endocri-nology; No. 33 in pulmonology andlung surgery; No. 35 in orthopedics;No. 37 in gynecology; No. 38 in gas-troenterology and GI surgery; andNo. 40 in geriatrics.

“We have been humbled each yearthat we receive this prestigious na-tional recognition, but this year feelsparticularly special,’' said Robert T.Braithwaite, Hoag’s president andCEO. “We are proud of the excellencewe have been able to deliver in theface of a global pandemic. This recog-nition is a tribute to Hoag’s commit-ment to delivering the highest quality,patient-centered care to the OrangeCounty community — no matterwhat the obstacle.”

—City News Service

Newport Beach NavyLeague names KennyNarwhal’s Sailor of Year

The Newport Beach Navy Leaguehas named Petty Officer 3rd ClassThomas Kenny the Sailor of the Yearfor the Corona del Mar-based CoastGuard cutter Narwhal.

The July 9 ceremony was a hybridof physically distanced, masked crewmembers and others on the pieralongside Narwhal and watching overZoom.

Kenny, an MK 3 (Machinery Tech-nician) with about three years ofservice to the Coast Guard, stood atattention as he heard a commenda-tion crediting him for being a liaisonwith contractors during the ship’s37-day drydock; weatherproofing thevessel to prevent electronic and engi-neering damage; quickly dealing witha potentially dangerous toxic gas leakfrom a ruptured air conditioning line;spending 40 man-hours cleaningNarwhal’s propellers that increasedthe ship’s maximum speed during arecent at-sea operation; and being theship’s primary food purchaser be-cause the COVID-19 pandemiccaused the unit’s Culinary Specialistto remain home for health and safetyconcerns.

To cap off the awards ceremony,Narwhal’s Commanding Officer, Lt.Caroline Miller, and Navy Leagueboard President Bert Ohlig presentedKenny a unique boatswain pipe in anengraved case along with a check.

Following the presentation, Millerconducted a virtual tour of the Nar-whal.

UC Irvine receivescommitment fromMassiah Foundation

UC Irvine announced Wednesdaythat it received a $1.5-million chal-lenge commitment from the MassiahFoundation, a philanthropic organi-zation headed by Newport Beachresident Fariborz Maseeh that do-nates to education, arts and health-

related causes, to establish the Fer-dowsi Presidential Chair in Zoroastri-an Studies. The university will also besupporting the position for up to$500,000.

The foundation funded the cre-ation of UCI’s Samuel Jordan Centerfor Persian Studies and Culture in2005 and established the first inde-pendent, interdisciplinary centerfocused on Iran within the UC sys-tem. The new Ferdowsi PresidentialChair in Zoroastrian Studies will beaffiliated with the Jordan Center andis named after Ferdowsi, a 10th-cen-tury Persian poet often credited withsaving the Persian language by writ-ing Shahnameh (Book of Kings), thenational epic of Greater Iran, theuniversity said in a news release.

“We are incredibly grateful to Dr.Maseeh for establishing this newchair to expand research into Zoroas-trian studies,” said UCI history pro-fessor Touraj Daryaee, the MaseehChair in Persian Studies and Cultureand director of the Jordan Center.“The chair will enhance the alreadyrich global historical and culturalstudy that takes place in the center,further raising its distinction not justat UCI but throughout the world.”

“By broadening UCI’s Persian stud-ies program to include Zoroastri-anism, we encourage young people toenrich their multicultural awareness— an essential component of workingand living in a modern, multiethnicsociety,” Maseeh said.

Sherman Gardensextends evening hours

Sherman Library & Gardens isextending its summer hours as thebotanical oasis will remain open until7 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridaysthrough Sept. 25.

Garden admission is $5 and in-cluded with dinner at Café Jardin,which offers a new “Dinner for TwoUnder the Stars” prix-fixe menu forthe season.

Sherman Library & Gardens is at2647 E. Coast Hwy. in Newport Beach.

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HOAGMEMORIAL Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach was the highest-ranked hospital in Orange County, thefourth-best in the Los Angeles metro area and eighth in the state on the U.S. News &World Report’s annual rankings.

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ical therapist upon gradua-tion. Physical therapy led toan interest in medicine,and he enrolled at UT-Southwestern MedicalSchool.

Klein was working atParkland Memorial Hospi-tal on Nov. 22, 1963, whenPresident John F. Kennedywas shot. The medical stu-dent was one of the first tosee the mortally woundedpresident. In 1965, Dr. Kleingraduated at the top of hisclass, and he then served asa naval officer in LongBeach.

The young family stayedin Southern California afterthat, settling in NewportBeach in 1969. In his lateryears, he shifted to the gy-necological needs of meno-pausal and older women.He retired in 2004 with ahuge send-off at the JewishCommunity Center inIrvine, where patients andfriends started lining upbefore the party started.

Bernstein said patientsglowed about their specialbond with Klein, who deliv-

ered generations of New-port natives and plenty offull sibling sets.

His retirement partyguests included patientsfrom all stages of his career.One recalled that she wasbeing wheeled out of Hoagin the mid-1970s when shesaw Klein pull up franticallyand run into the building,calling out that he had ababy coming.

The woman, knowing theKleins, remarked that shethought the family wascomplete. Her nurse said itwas a patient, not his wife.

“The woman said, ‘Doeshe get that way with everydelivery?’ ” Bernstein re-called. “And the nurselooked at her and said, ‘Yes.With every delivery, he getsthat excited.’”

One of his few tragicbirths involved a youngmother whose baby diedshortly after she was bornfrom a congenital defect.Klein was crushed, Yeany

said.More than 40 years later,

Yeany was out to dinnerwith her dad in PalmSprings when the world gotvery small and placed thatmother at the next table.She recognized him im-mediately, and they had anemotional reunion.

Bernstein, 50, said youcould take her father any-where. He made fastfriends at the gym in herManhattan apartmentbuilding when he visited.

Last year, he joined hisyoungest granddaughter onthe circuit of her friends’bat mitzvahs and posed inphoto booths with funnyhats. He was “Poppy.”

Bernstein agreed that herfather died before his time.She had hoped to tempo-rarily move back to OrangeCounty with her daughter,now 14, and her son, 17,this fall and rent a homenearby to keep him com-pany.

Klein loved tennis, skiing,crossword puzzles, hol-lering at the Longhorns andCowboys on TV, listening toJohnny Cash, reading biog-raphies, telling naughtyjokes, tucking into a juicyT-bone steak, and sipping afine pinot grigio or es-presso. Yeany said her fa-ther was loving and patient,and people quickly read hispositive energy. “My dadjust loved people, and peo-ple loved my dad,” she said.

Klein was preceded indeath by his wife of 55years, Carla Jean Langert.He is survived by his chil-dren: Yeany, Bernstein andher husband Ron, GlennaKlein, and Scott Klein, andsix grandchildren.

The family is planning avirtual memorial service.Klein has been cremated,and his daughters willshare his ashes.

Continued from page A1KLEIN

Courtesy of Stacy YeanyDR. LARRY KLEIN recalled his encounter with John F. Kennedy on the day of thepresident’s assassination 25 years later, in the Nov. 22, 1988, edition of the Daily Pilot.

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