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Faith Briefs
Our Lady of Malibu Church (3625 Winter
Canyon Road, 310-456-2361)
Yard Sale
9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily Aug.
12-20. No early birds
please. Offerings at the
yard sale include: fine furniture
and furnishings, antiques,
new and gently-used
big name clothing, designer
shoes, books, housewares,
appliances, silver, crystal,
fine art, and much more.
AA Meetings
6:30 p.m. Mondays,
Sheridan Hall.
Narcotics Anonymous
7:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
Sheridan Hall.
Bible Class
10:30 a.m.-noon Thursdays.
Men’s AA Meetings
6 p.m. Fridays, Sheridan
Hall.
Chabad of Malibu (22943 Pacific Coast
Highway, 310-456-6588)
Evening Shabbat Services
7:30 p.m. Fridays.
Saturday Services
9 a.m., Kabbalah on
the Parsha; 10 a.m. Shabbat
service; 11 a.m. Words
from the Rabbi & Torah
Reading; 12:30 p.m. Kiddush
lunch
Sunday Services
9 a.m.
Malibu Presbyterian Church (3324
Malibu Canyon Road, 310-456-1611)
Summer Breakfast
9-9:45 a.m. Sundays
Sunday Worship Service
10 a.m. Sundays
Malibu United Methodist Church (30128
Morning View Drive, 310-457-7505)
Alateen Meeting
10 a.m. Saturdays, Alateen
meeting
AA Meetings
6:30 p.m. Sundays; noon
and 7 p.m. Mondays and
Tuesdays; noon and 7:30
p.m. Wednesdays; noon
and 6:30 p.m. Thursdays;
noon and 8 p.m. Fridays;
noon and 5 p.m. Saturdays.
Sunday Worship
10:30-11:30 a.m., Sundays.
Childcare available.
University Church of Christ (24255
Pacific Coast Highway, 310-506-4504)
Worship Assembly
10:15 a.m. Sundays.
Meeting in Stauffer Chapel
Summer Bible Classes
9 a.m. Sundays. Classes
for all ages: adult class in
Stauffer Chapel; teen class
in Waves Café; children’s
classes in Plaza classrooms.
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church (28211
Pacific Coast Highway, 310-457-7966)
Contemplative Worship
8 a.m. Sundays
Traditional Worship
10 a.m. Sundays
Calvary Chapel Malibu (30237 Morning
View Drive, 424-235-4463)
Service
10 a.m. Sundays
First Church-Christ Scientist (28635
Pacific Coast Highway, 310-457-7767)
Sunday School
10-11 a.m. Sundays.
Sunday Service
10-11 a.m. Sundays.
Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue
(24855 PCH, 310-456-2178)
Religious School
3:45-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays
Torah Study
9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Saturdays
Waveside Church (6955 Fernhill Drive,
310-774-1927)
Service
10:10 a.m. Sundays at
Point Dume School, 6955
Fernhill Drive.
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In Memoriam
Linda Marie Fox-Dangaard
Linda Marie
Fox-Dangaard,
a successful
business
woman, television
producer,
paralegal,
horsewoman,
Fox-Dangaard
loving wife
and Malibu resident for 39
years, died July 12 at her
home after a decade-long
battle with dementia.
At her bedside was
her husband Colin, close
friends who came and went
during a day of prayer and
dancing to Elvis Presley in
her bedroom. Her dog Jake
was by the door.
Linda was born in St.
Louis, Missouri, Dec. 2,
1954, and moved with her
family to California at age
11. She graduated with
honors in 1973 from Culver
City High, became a
paralegal and was hired by
attorney Mike Leighton,
where she successfully settled
small claims on commission.
In May of 1977
she divorced her first husband
Steve Fox, a Marine,
after a short marriage. They
had no children.
In 1978, she met Colin
Dangaard, then Rupert
Murdoch’s first Hollywood
Editor for The National
STAR, Murdoch’s first
American business venture.
Colin with Linda’s help
also went on to produce a
syndicated television show,
“On View with Colin Dangaard,”
and other television
specials, including “Bonds
are Forever” and “Playboy’s
Guide to Australia.”
Recalled Colin: “Not
only was Linda one of the
most beautiful women I had
ever met, she was also one
of the smartest. We became
a great team, I with the crazy
visions and Linda with
her extraordinary ability to
work figures. She inspired
me with her overwhelming
enthusiasm. When
we produced the Playboy
show her financial ledger
was sent to Hugh Hefner
with spare change taped to
the inside. Meanwhile, she
filled our house with animals.
There was not a living
creature Linda didn’t
love, which sure created
domestic space problems!”
Linda and Colin easily
fit into the A-list of Hollywood.
Said Colin: “Linda
would walk into a party and
light up the room so much
the chandeliers looked
dull.”
While interviewing Kirk
Douglas, Tom Burlinson
and Sigrid Thornton in
Australia for “The Man
From Snowy River,” Colin
saw in the dailies a close-up
of an Australian stock saddle
and he was surprised to
learn it was going to be in
the film.
“We want to show how
Australians really ride,”
explained Director George
Miller. “They ride horses
differently to anybody else
in the world.”
“I know,” replied Colin,
explaining he was brought
up in the Outback and spent
a great deal of his teenage
life in an Australian Stock
Saddle chasing cattle on
his parents 500 square-mile
“station,” 300 miles from a
town. Figuring the movie
was going to be a hit, Colin
purchased six Australian
stock saddles, took them
back home to Malibu and
put them in the closet with
Linda’s Academy gowns.
“Linda thought I had lost
my mind,” he remembered.
“But I knew fate had handed
me a ticket to ride. With
me headed in a completely
different career direction,
Linda worried she would
never again wear her Academy
gown!”
The gamble was an instant
success, following
on the blockbuster release
of the movie in 1982. Linda
and Colin formed The
Australian Stock Saddle
Company and, as partners,
introduced the first new
successful saddle to America
in 200 years. Within a
year they were the largest
such company in the world,
inspiring a flood of competition.
Their ad campaign
blared “Ride like the Man
From Snowy River.”
“We had a fantastic time,
making so much money in
such a rush,” Colin said.
“Together we created the
American dream. Soon we
were employing 10 people,
most of them directly related
to Linda — a fact that
would create future challenges.”
All went upward, until at
age 49 Linda started showing
symptoms of dementia.
Linda Fox Dangaard
would be officially diagnosed
eight years later, in
March of 2011.
“Our business failed
in lock-step with Linda’s
cognizant decline, as I lost
my inspiration and, finally,
the time needed to work,
as I moved into a 24/7 role
of caregiver,” Colin said.
“With no family help, I did
it myself because to care for
somebody with this disease
takes $15,000 a month. Our
insurance covered only a
small part of that, and Linda
was too young for any
state or federal support. But
it was all worth it because I
got to be there for the lady
I loved, when she needed
me most. That was a huge
honor and privilege. The
other big reward was that
she died in her own bed,
in her own home, with me
holding her hand as I promised
I would 39 years ago,
with Elvis music and people
dancing. When she took
her last breath, she smiled,
and the smile froze there as
she passed on. ”
Linda is survived by her
father, Fredrick, now a
resident of Idaho, mother,
Joanne, sisters Dawn and
Vicky, and brother, Rick,
all residents in Los Angeles
County. A memorial event
was held July 29. Linda and
Colin had no children.
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