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Brother John Duster, 43 year member of Local 728 since May 9th, 1966, passed away at the age of 79 on February 8th, 2020.

Brother Arthur Love, a 5 year member of Local 728 since November 15th, 2014, passed away at the age of 30 on January 26th, 2020.​

Brother Bob Meyers, a 41 year member of Local 728 since April 10th, 1978, passed away at the age of 67 on January 17th, 2020.

James C. "Jimmy" Godber passed away on November 21st, 2019 at the age of 77. A 54 year member of Local 728, he will also be remembered as a former Lot Steward at 20th Century Fox Studios, long time ACLT on many FOX shows and for his ever present smile and Hawaiian shirts.

Brother James B. Williams, a 26 year member since May 8th, 1993, passed away at the age of 62 on December 6, 2019.

Brother Gary Scalzo, a 40 year member of Local 728 who joined in 1979, passed away at the age of 61 on November 13, 2019. Gary will be remembered by many as the long-time department head of Set Lighting at Paramount Studios in the 1980's and 90's.

Brother Douglas Mathias, a 50-year member of Local 728, passed away on Monday October 28th, 2019 at the age of 82.
During his long and distinguished set lighting career, Doug was the Chief Lighting Technician on many top rated television series and feature films.
He stayed active after retiring from working on stage, often coming around to the Local to visit. He helped build the artifact displays in our hallway niches.
He was also one of the great contributors of photographs that are on this website from the 60's, 70's and 80's. 

It is again with a heavy heart that we must inform the membership of the passing of another Local 728 Gold Card member, that of 30 year member, 63 year old Roger Lattin. Roger was well known for his selfless dedication to the safety, education and training of all his 728 sisters and brothers as well as set lighting technicians throughout the industry.