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I was going to write just about “Golden Light” in Tehachapi and how you shouldn’t put your camera away too early in the day because of the beauty of late afternoon light, but then one of Tehachapi’s most famous residents passed away and I decided that I would devote my column to celebrated actor Jack Palance, 87, who died on Nov. 10. As I’ve read the various news stories and obituaries about Jack, I have noticed the many things about the man that were omitted. All the stories mention his acting career and the one-armed push-ups he did onstage while accepting an Oscar for his performance in “City Slickers,” but he was much more interesting than simply a movie bad guy who finally got to parody himself in a popular comedy. For starters, most everyone pronounced his last name “Pa-lance,” while he himself preferred “Palance,” like “balance” with a “P”. Why this was so difficult for others to get...
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