Some problems are resolved over the telephone. Since he began his consumer operation in October, 1971, Zindler has brought the weight of criminal sanctions against store owners, repairmen, pyramid club operations, building contractors and others whose disputes with customers formerly were settled in the civil courts, if at all. Toward the end of the evening, as Zindler searches diligently for a picture from an earlier time, before his facial operations, Marvin Jr. says, Most people just walk out the front door on him when he starts going through the clippings and photographs. When Abe died in 1963, Marvin's inheritance was instead allocated to a trust for Zindler's children. It just felt like science fiction that was coming to life.". CANDLE HAS BEEN LIT CANDLES HAVE BEEN LIT, We are reviewing your submission. In the '70s, rock station KLOL ignited rock fans in Houston and hip names like "Crash" Collins turned people on to new music. That means the customer is not getting any restitution. He says he prefers to resolve a problem with a phone call. No other law enforcement official in Houston, probably in Texas, can summon reporters and cameramen on such short notice and with such regularity. Friends said he was quiet spoken and never shouted until he was on the air. Also surviving is his second wife, the former Niki Devine. Other names that Marvin uses includes Marvin Harold Zindler, Marvin H Zindler, Marvin Zindlerjr, Marvin Zinder and Jrmarvin H Zindler. August 17, 1977: Houston Cougars head football coach Bill Yeoman (center) browses through the University of Houston press guide as Cougar co-captains look on. The family will visit with friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at Kingwood Funeral Home, 22800 Highway 59 North, Kingwood, Texas 77339. Such rebounding and multiplying stories, plus his continual concern with getting his story to the people, have led local reporters to regard Zindler with some suspicion and a little antagonism. Among his causes was a medical charity, the Agris-Zindler Childrens Foundation, started with his plastic surgeon, Dr. Joe Agris, and supported in part by profits from a biography that Dr. Agris wrote about his patient, White Knight in Blue Shades.. Sign up for service and obituary updates. Marvin Zindler, Consumer Lawman A stylish, self-proclaimed public protector battles deception in business and poor taste in fashion. A jury awarded $16.5M to Doug Britton and SSC Opportunity Partners in a lawsuit against Charter Title, Marvin Zindler Jr, Bandier Realty, Trey Halberdier, Rob Banzhaf, Rocky Del Papa III, and . They have moved all their furniture to the second floor of the house and plan to stay after high tides caused by Hurricane Anita were responsible for flooding in the sinking subdivision. The University of Houston is sharing a never-before-seen look at Marvin Zindler's legendary career with the new archive collection! Edith Zindler. Thanks to personalities like Coach Bum Phillips and quarterback Dan Pastorini, Houstonians still have warm memories of the time period. [3], Zindler began his broadcasting career in 1943 as a part-time night radio disc jockey and spot news reporter at Houston radio station KATL (the current-day KMIC (1590)) while working for his family's clothing store. Zindler was also noted for his seventeen cosmetic surgeries, the first of which took place in 1954 after the KPRC-TV firing. "We were ecstatic," said Lee. ', The same year he bought the first toupee, Zindler had his chin lifted and a nose job. Zindler tells the story this way: A gypsy fortune teller, visited by a woman, told the customer her family was infested with evil spirits and, for a price, the fortune teller would get rid of the spirits. July 1977: HouTran bus passenger opens the window to cool off from the heat from the broken bus air conditioner. ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty ImagesLisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams who played the spooky scion in the 1960s sitcom The Addams Family, has died at the age of 64.The news of Lisa Loring's death was announced by friends on social media, who said she had slipped into a coma and died Jan. 28. Beloved ABC13 personality and dear friend Marvin Zindler would have turned 100 years old on Tuesday. The movie was inspired by a real story Zindler reported on. He searches both Houston papers daily for deceptive ads, and can pick them out easily because I wrote more phony ads than any of those people when I was in the clothing business., Just because a man wears a suit and tie and has a store doesnt make him different from anyone else in the eyes of the law, Zindler says. April 1977: Shasta IV nuzzles UH president Philip Hoffman during welcoming ceremonies for the cougar Thursday. In the first spin-off, Marvin Zindler also rewarded restaurants for operating clean kitchens continuously with his "Blue Ribbon Awards," which was done in his final years with local beauty pageant contestants giving the envelopes of the winning restaurants to Zindler. Who were the people in Marvin's life? The phone complaints are if anything more numerous than the ones made in person. This is a carousel. He's spent more than 20 years in public radio and television and dabbled in minor league baseball, spending four seasons as the public address announcer for the Reno Aces, the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He should have been a lawman at 19, Gertrude says. After serving in United States Marine Corp, Marvin joined the family's retail clothing business . Marvin Harold Zindler, Sr., longtime Houston television personality, journalist, and consumer advocate, was born on August 10, 1921, in Houston to Abe Zindler, Sr., and Udith (Mayer) Zindler. July 1, 1977: Dan Rather is handed a copy of his new book, "The Camera Never Blinks," at a book-signing event at Foley's in Houston. Meanwhile, the modly-dressed defendant sat morosely in a corner of the office, maintaining that he was in investments and did not owe anyone any money. The Better Business Bureau, in a newsletter published shortly after Zindler moved into the consumer fraud area, accused him of generalized, irresponsible public statements. Loyd Frazier, until recently the chief deputy of the Harris County sheriffs office, says he sometimes had complaints about Zindler from other deputies because Zindler seemed to like publicity too much. What was it like in the '70s as the feud only got worse and worse? The rally, sponsored by several gay and womens rights groups, began about 8 pm in the parking lot of The Depository, a bar at 401 McGowen and Bagby. She was also a member of the Kingwood United Methodist Church, where she loved serving in the Nursery. As the variety of his cases suggests, Zindler does not have any master plan for cracking down on consumer fraud. Zindler stories have an almost mystical ability to mushroom and generate other Zindler stories. Taylor, Gary (2012). He would also marry Linda S. (Mcfadden) Zindler on May 21, 1977 in Harris County. The makeup and a sunlamp give him a healthy, tanned appearance even in the middle of winter. In the Tussey probe, he says, he had a gut instinct that the firm was illegal, though he didnt know what laws it was violating. Eventually, Mr. Zindler earned $1 million a year as the KTRK celebrity newshound. ", Zindler was the recipient of hundreds of awards from news organizations, charity groups, and medical professionals. The store and the manager retaliated by slapping Zindler with a $35,000 lawsuit in federal court, accusing him of hurting the stores trade and slandering its integrity. AncientFaces is a place where our memories live. The criminal charges he lodges include deceptive advertising, a misdemeanor, and theft by bailee, a felony. On a recent trip to New York he bought about 60 suits. A full-dress grand jury investigation of odometer rollbacks by car dealers. March 17, 1977: Houston Firemen unload victims of an explosion at the Texaco refinery in Port Arthur from a helicopter at Hermann Hospital. Select the pencil to add details. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. The clippings at times do seem to be endless. The archives also include fun items like a prototype poster for "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" that features Marvin's face, as well as some of his drawings and self-portraits. What you need to know, UH favored by wide margin to win NCAA tournament, per ESPN's BPI. It wasnt so embarrassing for them., Even then he was known as The Dapper Deputy because of his always smart, always in-style clothes. June 10, 1977: Texas International Airlines flight attendant checks with passengers on board the plane before the plane takes-off for Dallas from Houston Intercontinental Airport. Marvin Zindler passes away after battle with cancer. Rockets fans seen here gobbled up all home game tickets. KTRK-TV's own commissary was cited on one occasion. January 18, 1977: Commuters board HouTran's air-conditioned bus downtown on route 15 - Alabama via Richmond. 1970 and 1973 in Houston. What was it like to be on a hockey team in a city dominated by football and baseball? Marvin Harold Zindler (August 10, 1921 - July 29, 2007) was a news reporter for television station KTRK-TV in Houston, Texas, United States. He was known for cheerfully stumbling over words, rendering Voil! as Viola!, There was nothing comical about his reporting, whether riding with trash collectors to highlight the difficulties of their work, traveling overseas to arrange medical care for stricken children or visiting relief recipients to show the misery of their lives. Now Shes Auctioning Off Her Archive. Dolph Briscoe then moved swiftly to close the Chicken Ranch, making Mr. Zindler a star, although, he said, he did not much care for his film portrayal by Dom DeLuise, as Melvin P. Thorpe. Weve been pretty successful talking to these people on the phone, he says. Police said the driver, Robert V. Anders, 53, lost control of the truck as he rounded a turn while approaching the interstate from the Eastex Freeway exit ramp. MARVIN ZINDLER OBITUARY MARVIN HAROLD ZINDLER, SR., a well-known and tenured broadcast journalist, passed away peacefully on Sunday evening, the 29th of July 2007. He scored what he considers to be one of his major consumer victories against Tussey & Associates Success Clubs, Inc., after Harris County District Attorney Carol Vance and Houston Police Chief Herman Short said they could find nothing illegal in the clubs operation. In one such case Zindler charged the owner of a car repair firm with theft by bailee after a customer complained he had been unable to get his car back from the company, even though he had offered to pay the repair bill, because the company wanted him to sign a statement that he had inspected all the parts installed in his car. Marvin's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Zindler family tree. The Zindler family arrived in the U.S. from Austria in the late 1880s. Its daily. Marvin Zindler and his wife, Niki Zindler, leave the memorial service for former Enron chairman Ken Lay on July 12, 2006, at First United Methodist Church. His pictures were nearly always of traffic accidents or crime scenes and often filled more than half a Press front page. He had initially been a Democrat and a Lyndon B. Johnson supporter. RELATED:10 thoughts from Richard Linklater's 'Last Flag' Houston visit. What schools or universities did Marvin attend? 43 years ago: Marvin Zindler helped shut down Chicken Ranch brothel. becomes full June 16, 1977: Actress Liz Torres speaks at rally gathered to protest singer Anita Bryant's outspoken stand against gay rights. Wed go on a date in high school and hed drop me off at 9:30 or 10. Some members of the district attorneys staff, men who must prosecute the cases Zindler files, despair at Zindlers zeal, which they feel is untempered with a good working knowledge of the law. As two TV cameramen scurried to set up their lights, and two newspaper reporters lounged against the walls, Zindler moved a bemused complainant to another chair so the man wouldnt be in the picture. She was Methodist and I was Jewish, so we had to get married in a hotel., He joined the Marines but lasted only a month before they booted him out for flat feet. "Crimes, Criminals, and the Cops Who Chase Them: MARVIN ZINDLER, COP, MARINE, NEWSMAN, & SNAPPY DRESSER", The Zindler tapes: The return of "The Roving Mike", "Marvin Zindler, 85, Crusader in Whorehouse in Texas Case, Is Dead", Marvin helps man get Social Security number, "Celebrating more than 100 years of the Freemasonry: famous Freemasons in the history", "Social Security Death Index Interactive Search", TV's white knight / At 84, Marvin Zindler is still fighting for the little guy, "Marvin announces he has pancreatic cancer", "Marvin Zindler discusses his pancreatic cancer". December 1977: Houston Oilers cheerleaders Joan Jarrety and Lisa Stephens. Houston's really good idea Bus tour celebrates communities that forged a city. A larger-than-life figure who consistently reinvented himself through the years, Zindler has also been a prizefighter, a deputy sheriff, in his family's clothing business, in . Foyt signs autographs for fans who braved the rain Wednesday as Houston honored its auto racing champion with a parade and keys-to-the-city ceremony at City Hall. Had it not been for his persistence, we would not have gotten them, Vela says. and you'll be alerted when others do the same. He has shown little favoritism in targets for his criminal charges. Born: 10-Aug-1921 Birthplace: Houston, TX Died: 29-Jul-2007 Location of death: Houston, TX . His investigative journalism, through which he mostly represented the city's elderly and working class, made him one of the city's most influential and well-known media personalities. Linda was born to Johnathan and Dorothy McFadden on September 28, 1948 in Port Arthur, Texas. Then it looks like hes doing it just for the publicity. 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