He also spent 12 years making "Boyhood" and getting specific pop-culture details on point along the way. 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. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. HOUSTON, July 30 Marvin Zindler, an antic and a populist television crusader here who became known nationally when he had the best little whorehouse in Texas closed on corruption grounds, died here on Sunday. January 13, 1977: Fog shrouds the upper floors of the Exxon Building, formerly known as the Humble Building. He thinks he may have more than 100 altogether, counting those in the closets, some in the cleaners and some downtown at the store. His clothes have forced his wife out of their bedroom closets. He handled Civil Process for two years and then joined the Fugitive Squad where his work took him all over the world to extradite fugitives. Members then earned $80 to $l50 for each new member they recruited and smaller commissions when the new members in turn recruited others. [16] Zindler's father was a four-term mayor of suburban Bellaire and was also a liberal; he was a card-carrying member of the NAACP and opponent of the Ku Klux Klan and his clothing store was among a handful of Houston businesses that advertised in African-American newspapers.[16]. [4] In 1950 Zindler became a reporter and cameraman for Southwest Film Production Company which produced the 6 p.m. news for KPRC-TV, but in 1954, he was fired by an executive who said he was "too ugly" to work in TV. Gov. Get highlights, trending news, and behind-the-scenes insights from Houston Public Media delivered to your inbox each week. If they violate the law, Ill file on em again.. "We were ecstatic," said Lee. Zindler had his first of 15 cosmetic surgeries in 1954 after a television executive said he was "too ugly" to be on television. His daughter-in-law echoes the sentiment. 10 Houston stories from the '70s that would make great movies for Richard Linklater. But the name was Marvin Zindler and the photo showed him looking exactly like pics I've seen of City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Texas > Houston: Who remembers Marvin Zindler? He died on July 29, 2007 in Houston. On announcing his last illness on the air on July 5, Mr. Zindler said, I dont want anybody to feel sorry for me because Im almost 86 years old., Marvin Zindler, 85, Crusader in Whorehouse in Texas Case, Is Dead, https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/us/02zindler.html, Billy Smith II/Houston Chronicle, via Associated Press. 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Other lawmen, attorneys and reporters who had grown accustomed to seeing Zindlers lawsuits dismissed or who had branded him as an incorrigible publicity hound were forced to revise their estimates. Zindler's reports on KTRK also included international stories, many involving trips to various third-world countries; segments in which local business owners (known as Marvin's Angels) provided services to people in dire financial or physical health; and stories focused on the elderly, including nursing home abuse investigations. Bring on the Shiplap? There were catch. Experiences, organizations, & how he spent his time. BY ANCESTRY.COM. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- What do Larry McMurtry, DJ Screw, and Marvin Zindler have in common? 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. 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.. In November 2007, Bellaire Park in Bellaire, Texas was renamed to Bellaire Zindler Park.[26]. Ihr 16-jhriger Sohn AJ (Antonio Armstrong, Jr.) wurde wegen Mordes angeklagt. Zindler beat the camera crew to the store, and, instead of going ahead with his arrest, wandered around the magazine stand killing time until the newsmen arrived. 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 . Can you hold, please? Jerry-built walls provide cubicles for Zindler, the secretaries and Deputy E. L. Adams and Assistant District Attorney Neal Duval, who interview the great majority of complaints. 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. Former Detroit Red Wings star Gordie Howe and sons Marty and Mark all played for the Houston Aeros in the '70s. He was a Freemason, a member of Temple Lodge #4 in Houston and was particularly proud of the 33rd Degree that was conferred upon him by the Scottish Rite. Some persons are referred to other offices, such as the small claims courts. Houston television reporter and personality Marvin Zindler gestures as he talks May 30, 2003, about his role in closing the Chicken Ranch brothel near La Grange. American football player (born 1985) Antonio Smith . He wrote them in every way imaginable, in block letters, in script, big and small. July 2, 1977: Marvin Zindler, Channel 13. becomes full The average age of The archive isn't displayed, but is available to the public by scheduling an appointment with the UH Libraries Special Collections department. Channel 13 reporter Marvin Zindler poses for a portrait on May 11, 2006, at his home in Houston. Linda Sue McFadden Zindler, 66, passed away August 7, 2015 after her second courageous battle with cancer. But at least citizens of Houston and its environs are learning that in Zindler they have an ally. White Knight in Blue Shades. The cause was pancreatic cancer, according to his station, KTRK-TV, an ABC affiliate. December 10, 1977: American heavyweight boxer George Foreman holding a Bible at his home in Houston. It is a close family, Zindler says. He professes not to worry about the pokes and jabs from his critics, saying he just wants to do his job and he wants that job to be in law enforcement. CANDLE HAS BEEN LIT CANDLES HAVE BEEN LIT, We are reviewing your submission. Houston is in for dust and gray skies as Texas haboob arrives, Oops! About a year ago Zindler appeared at the courthouse wearing sunglasses all the time, even indoors. Houston real estate insurance and escrow services company Charter Title Co. and its executives Marvin Zindler Jr. and Barbara Daley were listed as defendants, as well. Two spin-off segments resulted from these reports: On Friday nights, Zindler also gave viewers additional good wishes just before his traditional sign-off: "Have a good weekend good golf, good tennis, or whatever makes you happy.". [25] ABC-13 staff members and Houston-area religious figures, such as Joel Osteen, Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza, Reverend Bill Lawson (anchor Melanie Lawson's father), and Reverend Kirbyjon Caldwell were among those presenting tributes to Zindler at the funeral. The firm had clubs in 11 Texas cities. . A theft charge against a roofer who allegedly did not finish a job he contracted for. After serving in United States Marine Corp, Marvin joined the family's retail clothing business . On November 10, 1999, Zindler appeared on KTRK's locally produced mid-morning talk show at the time, Debra Duncan as the show paid tribute to him as well as talking about his life and legacy. (Photo Credit: Michael Hagerty / Houston Public Media), Broadcast tapes from Marvin Zindler's stories over the years at KTRK-TV 13. Comfort the family with flowers or a sympathy gift. These reports soon became famous for Zindler's enthusiastic reports of "sliiiiime in the ice machine! Wed go on a date in high school and hed drop me off at 9:30 or 10. He's proven that he can take audiences back to 1976 with "Dazed and Confused" and right into the '80s with the criminally-underrated "Everybody Wants Some!!". Share highlights of Marvin's life. 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. A-to-Z Publishing. When 2 or more people share their unique perspectives, Private. Biographies are our place to remember and discover more about the people important to us. Since 1972 the theater has operated as the Majestic, showing "blaxploitation" films. $100 bond set for catalytic converter theft suspect's evading charge, Man on parole for murder charged in connection to Leslie Obi's killing, Oak pollen already a big problem, but strong storms could wash it away. In the '70s, rock station KLOL ignited rock fans in Houston and hip names like "Crash" Collins turned people on to new music. [3] Beginning in 1951, when he worked for KATL, he hosted The Roving Mike, a 30-minute radio program airing on Sundays that documented crime and the people involved in Houston. [2], Zindler's father, Abe Zindler, who founded and owned a successful clothing store in Houston, was disappointed in Marvin, whom Abe considered frivolous and irresponsible. Craig Hlavaty is a reporter for Chron.com and HoustonChronicle.com. Marvin estimates that his share of the family estate, left to him in a trust fund, is worth about $1 million now, depending on the value of the four Zindler stores and land, in which he owns a quarter interest with his three brothers. 12: 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. 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. April 1977: Shasta IV nuzzles UH president Philip Hoffman during welcoming ceremonies for the cougar Thursday. He joined the sheriffs office in January. Zindler's collection came to the University of Houston beginning in 2019. This special from 2007 honors his life, ABC13 career, and one-of-a-kind spirit. January 16, 1977: Houston police Lt. C.L. Deputy Sheriff Marvin Zindler in February 1970. March 16, 1977: Dr. Denton Cooley, right, surgeon-in-chief of the Texas Heart Institute, accepts the 6,500 pound, nearly 7-foot-high sculpture titled "a symbol of excellence" from Ted McKinney of Stafford, a professional sculptor and former patient, at left, through the heart's opening. The fortune teller replied that now she needed a refrigerator to bury the spirits in. 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 was born on August 10, 1921 in Houston, Texas, USA. With over 1,900 locations, Dignity Memorial providers proudly serve over 375,000 families a year. 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. What schools or universities did Marvin attend? He subscribes to the theory that no story about him can be a bad story, that any mention of his name, even critically, is good. Marvin Zindler was born on August 10, 1921 in Houston, Texas, USA. He was in the band, he says, playing the flute and piccolo because they werent so hard to carry as bigger instruments, when the band director told him to start learning to be a drum major. He has lost count of the number of formal complaints filed, but they probably approach a thousand. Marvin and Niki Zindler chat with Jan Carson at the Crohns & Colitis Foundation Winter Ball at the Hilton Americas Hotel on Jan. 21, 2005. May 16, 1977: The Summit became the place to be when the Rockets made the Eastern Conference finals in 1977. The senator is touring health care centers around the country to see how they may better serve people. April 16, 1977: Start of Reeking Regatta canoe race at San Felipe bridge and Buffalo Bayou. June 16, 1977: Gay rights marchers head toward the downtown public library following a rally gathered to protest singer Anita Bryant's outspoken stand against gay rights. Add Marvin's birthday or the date he died to see a list of historic events Each case, while he is working on it, becomes in his mind the most important problem he has handled, and he will spend hours trying to convince newsmen that it should be written up and shared with the public. The collections includes scripts, calendars, photographs, video archives, memorabilia, and more. Zindler visited the gypsy and found the refrigerator being used to store food and drinks. He loves to see his name in print and his face on the six oclock evening news. Adams, a remarkably calm and good-humored man, grouses occasionally about Zindlers absenteeism, complaining that if the boss talked to more people, the lines wouldnt be so long. He has shown little favoritism in targets for his criminal charges. 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 1954, on May 17th, the Supreme Court released a decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The other spin-off showcased places where Zindler preferred to dine, called "Where Marvin Likes to Eat". After an exhaustive (and long) investigation it came to be believed that two individuals from Libya had planted the bomb. The closing did not go well with the sheriff of Fayette County, Jim T. Flournoy, who later attacked Zindler in a fight that left Zindler with two fractured ribs, along with a snatched toupee. But he had an ally in the state attorney general, John Hill, who slipped Mr. Zindler investigative reports. A German policeman was also killed. 16 men were critically burned when a "fog" of flammable gas escaped and exploded during testing of a unit at the refinery. Theyre really awful, his son says, chuckling. [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. Lee met with Reingold, as well as members of Zindler's family, and Marvin's papers become part of the school's Houston & Texas History Research Collection. The feud by Cooley and DeBakey was examined by Life magazine in 1970. November 30, 1977: Aerial of Rice Stadium at Rice University. He has since given up the hats (I quit wearing them when everyone else did) and the cigars (I quit smoking them because they burned holes in my new double knit clothes and you cant get those mended.). A silver-gray toupee gives the appearance of a full head of carefully styled hair. 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. Mickey Gilley, left, and Sherwood Cryer opened the Gilley's club in 1971. As Chron.com's Cary Darling pointed out this week, Linklater has filmed in Houston plenty over the years. March 11, 1977: The new container facilities at Barbours Cut Terminal at the Port of Houston get a workout unloading a container ship. He would ask a man who had been in a wreck, Does it hurt? (Photo Credit: Michael Hagerty / Houston Public Media). June 22, 1977: Picketers at an adult bookstore across the street from Spring Branch Elementary School, 1700 Campbell, seek signatures for Spring Branch Oaks Civic Association petitions seeking new laws and enforcement of existing laws to rid them of this and other sexually-oriented businesses (SOBs). Lindas kindness and devotion influenced countless children, parents and coworkers throughout her teaching years. 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. 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. LA GRANGE, Texas (KTRK) -- Known to Hollywood as the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the La Grange Chicken Ranch made headlines after Channel 13's Marvin Zindler got it shut down after airing. 1970 and 1973 in Houston. Marvin Zindler's income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. April 1977: With steady growth First Baptist Church held the first service in their new location Interstate 10 and 610 West Loop. April 29, 1977: Houston Rockets Moses Malone (21) dunks in game five of first round playoffs against the Washington Bullets at The Summit in Houston. Zindler has just returned from making a Sunday afternoon speechhe averages about one a dayand launches into tales about his career. CreateSpace. Your entry has exceeded the maximum character limit. Copyright 2023 KTRK-TV. His 12-year-old house belies any connection with great wealth. As the variety of his cases suggests, Zindler does not have any master plan for cracking down on consumer fraud. The blues-rock trio ZZ Top slithered out of Houston as the '70s dawned and they became huge names on the rock scene around the world. The criminal charges he lodges include deceptive advertising, a misdemeanor, and theft by bailee, a felony. This division is still in operation today. The manager just laughed at me. ABC 13 reporter Marvin Zindler poses for a portrait with his dog Magic on May 11, 2006, at his home in Houston. He was previously married to Niki Gale Devine and Gertrude Stella Kugler. Rummaging through boxes of clippings, scrapbooks of Houston Press photos, and high school and college yearbooks, Zindler details high points of his life since he was born in the home of A. RELATED:Vintage pictures show Houston as it was in 1977. The University of Houston is sharing a never-before-seen look at Marvin Zindler's legendary career with the new archive collection! Warren Zindler. Such capers have earned Zindler criticism from some unlikely sources, including the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Houston and other lawmen. Who were the people in Marvin's life? His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. But most of all, Marvin was known for helping people in need. What is Marvin's ethnicity and where did his parents, grandparents & great-grandparents come from? Zindler famously cracked up The Chicken Ranch in . [1] He went on to John Tarleton Agricultural College (now Tarleton State University) in Stephenville, Texas. 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. Houston Public Media is supported with your gifts to the Houston Public Media Foundation and is licensed to the University of Houston, , A signed photo of Marvin Zindler, longtime consumer affairs reporter for Houston's KTRK-TV 13. He refused to sign the statement. Zindler was known for wearing makeup continually, loved cigars, and was a frequent golfer. The Top 50 Texas BBQ Joints: 2021 Edition, West Texans Are Learning What It Means to Live in Bear Country, Jimmy Carters Peanut-and-Egg Taco Made Quite the Impression on San Antonians. He filed the theft charge. He carries at all times a list with the phone numbers of local television stations and newspapers. (He says he had the plastic surgery because he looked too Jewish. Get out of here, goddamn it. This section is to introduce Marvin Zindler with highlights of his life and how he is remembered. TV personality Marvin Zindler was the fine-feathered bird's escort. Ill get em. he said. Other names that Marvin uses includes Marvin Harold Zindler, Marvin H Zindler, Marvin Zindlerjr, Marvin Zinder and Jrmarvin H Zindler. Mr. Zindler was an early consumer advocate and action reporter, campaigning against scams, medical abuses and unsanitary food conditions. The ruling stated that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional thus paving the way for integration in schools. Houston's really good idea Bus tour celebrates communities that forged a city. We share yesterday, to build meaningful connections today, and preserve for tomorrow. We worry about the merchant who seems more concerned about making a fast buck today and doesnt care about tomorrow., Zindler says some consumer problems in other parts of the country dont seem to be prevalent in Houston. His supporters, including the seemingly endless stream of complainants who daily line the benches outside his office, would tell the world Zindler is their only hope in an apparently deaf and powerless arena of local officials. 1. Inside the Karaoke Bar Where Texas Lawmakers Serenade Each Other, The Campaign to Sabotage Texass Public Schools. Marvin's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Zindler family tree. The theft case against Texas Motor Exchanges Enright. That conviction added to Zindlers stature and respectability around the courthouse, although he shared the limelight with Duvall, who prosecuted the case. A couple of days later, Zindler obtained a warrant for the mans arrest and, with his usual posse of television cameramen, went to the store to pick him up. Its free. What was it like for those immigrants coming to a foreign, outsized city like Houston from Asia? That should give you an idea how I got started being a cop. Then, because everyone else was in the Army, a radio station whose owner knew Zindler through his father, invited him to be a disc jockey and newsman. In 1988, on December 21st, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie Scotland. Callers are frequently greeted with, Consumer fraud division. June 1977: Mike Holoman, part of the maintenance crew hired by Houston Anti-Litter Team (HALT), a private group, mows the grass at Westheimer and the West Loop near the Galleria. The case was the basis for the musical and movie Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.. Before moving to Marvin's current city of Kingwood, TX, Marvin lived in Houston TX. 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