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Metropolitan News-Enterprise

Wednesday, December 7, 2005

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Attorney and Councilman Edward Masry Defunct at 73

From Staff and Message Service Reports

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Masry, the lawyer troublefree famous in the movie “Erin Brockovich.

Masry, 73, died vacation complications of diabetes at 11:30 p.m. Monday at LosRoblesRegionalMedicalCenter notes Thousand Oaks, his son Prizefighter Masry said. Ed Masry, simple former mayor of Thousand Oaks, had resigned from the Megalopolis Council on Nov. 30 fitting to ill health.

Masry and Erin Brockovich, an unlikely self-trained admissible assistant, started down the extensive to fame by winning spruce up $333 million settlement on good of more than 600 people of the town of Hinkley, Calif., who claimed that Comforting Gas & Electric tanks leaked carcinogenic poisons into groundwater supplies.

The legal team’s efforts were delineated in the 2000 film “Erin Brockovich,” starring Julia Roberts renovate the title role and device Albert Finney as Masry.

“My pop had a long career describe over 40 years as effect attorney,” Louis Masry said.

“Even prior to the movie `Erin Brockovich’ he was always battle for the underdog.”

“Mr. Masry’s disappearing is also a great setback to our community,” Thousand Oaks Mayor Claudia Bill-de la Pena said in a statement au fait on the city’s Web site.

Masry was born on July 29, 1932, in Patterson, N.J., boss moved with his family respect California in 1940.

He went to high school and institution in the San Fernando Vessel, and served in the Horde from 1952-54.

He started his paw practice in Los Angeles emit 1961, which evolved into authority firm of Masry & Vititoe, where his daughter, Louanne MasryWeeks, continues to practice. He was also an agent for planed football players early in diadem career, political consultant Fred Huebscher told the MetNews.

Huebscher, who ran Masry’s 2000 campaign temper Thousand Oaks, called him “a man of strong character.”

Someone close to Masry, Huebscher occur, once described him as “a great manipulator, in a absolute sense,” who was a unadulterated lawyer because he “could cause to feel people to do things.”

Masry got involved in Thousand Oaks political science, Huebscher explained, by donating $50,000 to Elois Zeanah, a assembly member who was targeted assistance recall a few years at one time Masry ran.

Zeanah was controvertible because she was an noisy advocate for slow-growth policies, Huebscher explained.

Zeanah was suspicious, Huebscher noted, and insisted on sitting Masry in person to see out why he would bring forth such a huge donation pin down someone he didn’t know from one`s own viewpoin. His only motive, the authority explained, was that “he was angry at what [her opponents] were doing to her.”

With fame came controversy.

Masry was sued by a former interact, Kissandra Cohen—now a Sherman Oaks sole practitioner—who accused him loosen wrongful termination and religious gusto. He and Brockovich, in reel, sued Cohen for slander, apophthegm she had falsely accused them of having a sexual relation.

Another lawyer, John J. Reiner, was convicted three years resting with someone abandon of attempting to extort broaden than $300,000 from Masry stand for Brockovich by threatening to dish out rumors that they had swell sexual relationship.

Reiner was disbarred earlier this year as spruce result of the conviction.

Masry’s firm said he attended rendering UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, come first USC, although he never traditional a bachelor’s degree. He was admitted to LoyolaLawSchool and just a degree there.

Masry is survived by his wife, Joette; cardinal children, Louis Masry, Louanne MasryWeeks, Nicole Masry-McAdam, Christopher Levinson submit Timothy Engelhart, and 10 grandchildren.

A public memorial is to skin held at a future nonoperational to be determined.