Casa Bianca Founder, Sam Martorana, Dies at 83

The LA Times needs to revamp their policy, if one exists, on obituaries. Today, while Carol Scott, the activist and minister, is remembered, Sam Martorana is relegated to the agate-type paid announcements. Martorana, who with his brother, Joe, founded Casa Bianca Pizza Pie in Eagle Rock in 1955. It’s a landmark, he’s a local hero, what’s to discuss?

Also in the same section ( and online at Legacy.com ), the careful reader finds Paquita Maqchris, who in other times might have been labeled a “society matron”.

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