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Huell Howser: Career in pictures

Inside his Los Angeles apartment decorated with found objects.

Inside his Los Angeles apartment decorated with found objects.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

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The “California’s Gold” TV host with a curious demeanor died Sunday. Here’s a look back at his career.

Huell Howser

Howser shakes the hand of Comdr. John Biegel (ret.) at a Sunday brunch in the Officers’ Club of the now-closed Long Beach Naval Shipyard in 1996.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Huell Howser

Huell Howser had been doing basically the same job since the 1970s. “You could tell me that I couldn’t go outside of a five-mile radius ... [and] there’s enough right within five miles to keep me busy the rest of my life,” he said. “Why are we looking so hard? It’s right under our noses.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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