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Victoria Horne Oakie, a former character actress and the widow of film comedian Jack Oakie who devoted the last 25 years to keeping his name alive, has died.

Oct. 17, 2003

USC plans to sell comic Jack Oakie’s estate to a developer, erasing one of the last traces of the Valley as a getaway in Hollywood’s golden era.

Aug. 2, 2007

Victoria Oakie, widow of the late actor Jack Oakie, has endowed an annual scholarship and award in her husband’s name for the USC football team.

Dec. 25, 1985

Re “A ranch gives up the ghost,” Column One, Aug. 2 People who live in Los Angeles County and who wish to leave their beloved homes to a historical association or as a museum should realize that their wishes will seldom be carried out.

Aug. 6, 2007

Hugh Wedlock Jr., 85, comedy writer for film, radio and television who provided gags for Jack Benny and Eddie Cantor.

Dec. 18, 1993

Re “A ranch gives up the ghost,” Column One, Aug. 2 People who live in Los Angeles County and who wish to leave their beloved homes to a historical association or as a museum should realize that their wishes will seldom be carried out.

Aug. 6, 2007

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Jan. 1, 2009

The sixth Jack Oakie Lecture on Comedy will be given by film critic and author Leonard Maltin on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

April 30, 1992

Elizabeth Taylor, script supervisor and union organizer Meta Wilde and Italian director Lina Wertmuller will receive Women in Film’s Crystal Awards on June 7 at the Century Plaza Hotel.

May 7, 1985

Jeff Bregel of USC, an alumnus of Kennedy High in Granada Hills, was named to the 1985 United Press International All-America college football team Wednesday.

Dec. 12, 1985