At 8 p.m. I lay down on La Clenega Boulevard and was covered completely with a canvas tarpaulin. Two fifteen- minute flares were placed near me to alert cars. Just before the flares extinguished, a police car arrived. I was arrested and booked for causing a false emergency to be reported. Trial took place in Beverly Hills. After three days of deliberation, the jury failed to reach to decision, and the judge dismissed the case. (12 November 1972)
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Friday 20th of January 1984 (-) — Competition swimmer and actor Johnny Weissmuller dies of pulmonary edema. As Weissmuller's coffin was lowered into the ground a recording of the Tarzan yell he invented was played three times at his request.