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Criminal

Jul. 31, 1998

Lawyer Dies Just Two Days Before Imprisonment

By Michael D. Harris
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        A Beverly Hills family law and divorce attorney suffered a fatal heart attack days before he was to start serving a four-year state prison term for embezzling about $375,000 from two clients.
        Howard E. Blumenthal, 52, died July 18 while free on h...

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