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Obituaries

Sep. 1, 2022

Robert Douglas Dalton, 1929 — 2022

Criminal defense lawyer represented famous and infamous

Doug Dalton, who represented the famous and infamous – including Roman Polanski and John D. Ehrlichman – during the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s, has died. He was 92.

Robert Douglas Dalton grew up in Long Beach and dreamed of becoming a lawyer, his son, Bart Dalton of Brozynski & Dalton PC in Plano, Texas, said.

“He would tell us stories when he was a kid in Long Beach that he would take the trolley up to Lo...

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