Memorial Service for TV Pioneer Bill Welsh Is Today
HOLLYWOOD —
A memorial service for Bill Welsh, a pioneering television broadcaster and longtime civic leader, is scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd.
Welsh, 88, died Feb. 27 of an aortic aneurysm at his Thousand Oaks home.
He launched his television career in 1946. As president of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce from 1980 to 1990, he was considered a founding father of the $922-million Hollywood redevelopment.
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