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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1977
Page
4
Daughters of Otilia Vollman attended a birthday party at the Beverly Hills Supper Club, the 84 year old among the dead in the fire that killed 158. Victims include Walter Backus 50 Ruth Backus 49 Norbert Castelli 55 and Helen Castelli 53. Funeral services drew hundreds as pallbearers moved five caskets through the crowd.
Singer John Davidson cancels his Tonight Show appearance due to the death of his musical director Douglas George Herro in a Southgate nightclub fire. Publicist Monroe Friedman says all appearances are scrubbed until after Herro’s funeral, though Davidson will proceed with a Thursday opening at Harrah’s Club in Reno.
Fort Thomas Kentucky AP Maj Kenneth Lance mourns with families as 158 people died in Saturday night Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate. Parishes house grieving survivors as bodies line the armory floor while psychologists aid witnesses and relatives in shock.
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