Marvin Harold Zindler (August 10, 1921 - July 29, 2007) is a news reporter for KTRK-TV television station in Houston, Texas, United States. His investigative journalism, in which he mostly represents the elderly and urban workers, makes him one of the most influential and world-renowned media figures.
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Zindler attended Pershing Middle School and Lamar High School in Houston before graduating from San Jacinto High School in Houston. He went on to John Tarleton Agricultural College (now Tarleton State University) in Stephenville, Texas. In 1941, when the United States entered World War II, Zindler joined the United States Marine Corps and later received honorable dismissal for medical reasons.
Zindler's father, Abe Zindler, who founded and owned a successful clothing store in Houston, was disappointed with Marvin, whom Abe considered reckless and irresponsible. Abe wants his children to inherit the shop, a career course that Marvin is reluctant to take because of his sometimes angry father's behavior. When Abe died in 1963, Marvin's inheritance was even allocated to trust for Zindler's children.
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Initial career
Zindler began his broadcasting career in 1943 as a night radio jockey disc and news reporter at the Houston KATL (KMIC) current (1590) radio station while working in his family's clothing store. Beginning in 1951, when he worked for KATL, he hosted The Roving Mike, a 30-minute radio program aired on Sunday documenting crime and people involved in Houston. In 1950 Zindler became a reporter and cameraman for the Southwest Film Production Company which produced 6 P. M. news for KPRC-TV, but in 1954, he was fired by an executive who said he was "too ugly" to work on TV. Two years later, Zindler joins Scripps Howard Houston Press to work part-time as a crime reporter and photographer. While working for his father's newspaper and shop, Zindler became dissatisfied with the retail business and in 1962 took a detour to join the Harris County Sheriff's Office. He handled the Civil Process for two years and then joined the Fugitive Squad where his work took him around the world to extradite the fugitives.
Two years before joining KTRK-TV, Zindler was commissioned by the Sheriff and District Attorney to form a Consumer Fraud Division with the Harris County District Attorney's Office. This division still operates today. It was during this career that he got his first sense of work on behalf of people. After Jack Heard was elected Sheriff of Harris County in 1972, Zindler unknowingly released it, a move Zindler blamed on an anxious automobile dealer who allegedly returned the odometer.
In KTRK-TV
After news of Zindler's departure from Harris County Sheriff's Department, KTRK anchor, Dave Ward, recommended Zindler to the station's news director's assistant. On January 1, 1973, Marvin Zindler joined KTRK, a station with news programs languishing in third place.
The story of "Chicken Ranch"
Zindler made headlines locally and nationally when he and fellow journalist Larry Conners reported on a long-lived brothel known as Chicken Ranch in Fayette County, Texas, near La Grange, which led to the closure in 1973. The story Chicken Ranch featured in the 1973 edition of Texas Magazine, two 1974 editions of Playboy magazine, is the foundation for Broadway music and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and is presented as the basis of the song La Grange by ZZ Top. The closure did not go smoothly with Fayette County sheriff Jim T. Flournoy, who later attacked Zindler in a fight that led to Zindler with two cracked ribs, along with a wig that was snatched away. Reportedly, Flournoy flicked his hair in the air as if it were a valuable enemy's scalp and tossed it into the street.
Governor Dolph Briscoe closed the operation, only to open it again after a few months. Then Zindler stepped in to give more light to the operation, which caused it to be closed for good.
Lifetime contract
Her story, along with her trademark reporting style, was instrumental in Zindler signing an unprecedented lifetime contract with Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. and KTRK-TV in September 1988, which he respects. The final story is to help an American obtain a Social Security card. Zindler has been a major factor in KTRK's revival of a perpetual third in rank to its usual number one position.
"Mouse and Roach Report"
Zindler is also well-known in Houston because he describes the Rat and Roach Report, where he read the details of the controversial restaurant report of the Houston City Food Inspection program in the air. These reports soon became famous for Zindler's enthusiastic report on "Sliiiime in the Ice Machine!", Which quickly became his slogan, and finally was given his own subsections at the end of the report. Hundreds, if not thousands, of restaurants in Greater Houston have made at least one appearance in his report. KTRK-TV Commissioner himself was quoted on one occasion.
The Rat and Roach Zindler reports are traditionally broadcasted on Friday night directly during the 6th hour of KTRK. broadcast news and re-broadcast later during 10 station hours. newscast.
Two spinoff segments resulting from these reports:
- In the first spinoff, Marvin Zindler also rewarded the restaurant for operating the clean kitchen constantly with his "Blue Ribbon Awards", done in his final years with contestants of a local beauty contest giving an envelope a winning restaurant to Zindler.
- Another place that showcases the places where Zindler prefers to eat, called "Marvin Likes Eating Place...". Most of these restaurants are local restaurants, while some of them are national chains, including McDonald's and Ruth's Chris Steak House. But Zindler's favorite place to eat, seen in the last segment of this spin-off feature, is his home.
On Friday night, Zindler also gave viewers extra hope just before his traditional sign: "Have a good weekend - good golf, good tennis, or anything else that makes you happy."
More stories
Zindler's report on KTRK also includes international stories, many involving trips to various third world countries; segments in which local business owners (known as Marvin's Angels) provide services to disadvantaged people in terrible financial or physical health; and stories focused on the elderly, including reports of abuse of nursing homes that are similar to the typical restaurant reports. On Friday's report, Zindler also reported birthday wishes and wedding anniversary greetings, usually involving those who celebrated their 100th anniversary or at least the 50th wedding anniversary. The station has stated that more than 100,000 requests for help from Zindler are accepted each year. In choosing a story, Zindler focuses on two factors - the needs and chances of success. While low income is a key factor, it is chosen for more stories related to injustice than with income.
The trademark signature Marvin Zindler at the end of each report is, almost shouting: "Marrrrrvin Zindler..... Eyeeeeeewitness NEWS!" Where the bearers of news, usually KTRK's longtime Dave Ward, calmly replied "Thank you, Marvin."
Awards
Zindler is a recipient of hundreds of awards from news organizations, charity groups, and medical professionals. The Plastic Surgeons of America honors Zindler for his openness and honesty in talking about his beauty surgery and for the help he gets for charity patients in desperate need of a reconstruction operation. He is a Freemason, and very proud of the 33rd title conferred upon him by the Scottish Rite.
Personal life
Zindler is a Jew. In 1941, he married his first wife, former Gertrude S. Kugler (May 30, 1921 - November 28, 1997). They have five children together; Marvin Jr., Donny, Danny, Mark, and Helen. When Gertrude died, Zindler swore he would never marry again, but he fell in love with Niki Devine and married her in 2006. Before his death, Marvin and Niki Zindler lived in the neighborhood of Houston at Maplewood, where Zindler lived continuously for forty years. eight years. They are dog owners, Magic, a bichon frisÃÆ'Â ©. In addition, Zindler has a cat, Sugar, who died in 2006. At the time of his death, Zindler has five children, nine grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
At one point in the 1970s, Zindler considered running for Republican membership, and the local GOP commissioned a survey that estimated he would win. However, Gertrude hesitated to leave Houston, and the plan was canceled. Also, Zindler describes himself as a social liberal who supports universal health care and feminist movements. He was originally a Democrat and Lyndon B. Johnson supporter. Zindler's father was the mayor of four areas in Bellaire and also a liberal; he is a member of the NAACP and opposite of the Ku Klux Klan and his clothing store is among some Houston businesses advertised in African-American newspapers.
Zindler is known for always wearing makeup, liking cigars, and often a golfer. He has his own producer and cameraman and his own editing room at KTRK. Zindler is also known for seventeen cosmetic surgeries, the first of which occurred in 1954 after the KPRC-TV shootings. KTRK's investigative reporter Wayne Dolcefino has described Zindler's horrible behavior in the office, including loud phone conversations (which Dolcefino associated with his poor hearing) and the trademark harsh pursuit of reports.
On November 10, 1999, Zindler appeared on the locally produced KTRK mid-day talk show at the time, Debra Duncan when the show honored him and talked about his life and inheritance.
Disease and death
In 1994, Zindler was diagnosed with prostate cancer, but he managed to overcome the disease. In 1996, Zindler underwent heart bypass surgery.
On July 5, 2007, announced at 6:00 KTRK. a news release that Zindler was diagnosed with an inoperable pancreatic cancer that had also spread to his heart. In a press conference, Zindler says he will continue to work. Zindler stated that he planned to remain in the air because his illness was treated, even doing restaurant reports and his bedside greetings. Zindler died of cancer at the University of Texas Cancer Center M. D. Anderson at the Texas Medical Center in Houston on July 29, 2007, two nights after what will be his latest news release.
The Zindler funeral took place on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at the Beth Israel Congregation in Houston. Staff members ABC-13 and Houston's religious leaders, such as Joel Osteen, Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza, Reverend Bill Lawson (widow Melanie Lawson's father), and Reverend Kirbyjon Caldwell were among those who handed tribute to Zindler at the funeral. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Houston, Texas.
Legacy
The role of Melvin P. Thorpe, as played by Dom DeLuise, in the 1982 film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, is based on Zindler.
In November 2007, Bellaire Park in Bellaire, Texas was renamed Bellaire Zindler Park.
See also
- History of the Jews in Houston
References
- Snyder, Jill Donnie and Eric K. Goodman. Friend of the Court, 1947-1982: Anti-defamation League B'nai B'rith: to Secure Justice and Fair Treatment for All. League, 1983
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Further reading
Agris, Joseph (2002). White Knight dalam Blue Shades . Penerbitan A-to-Z. ISBN: 0-9712348-0-9.
Taylor, Gary (2012). Me, People: How Marvin Zindler Destroys the Best Small House in Texas . CreateSpace. ISBN: 978-1468186628.
External links
- Thankyoumarvin.com- Marvin Zindler KTRK
- KTRK - Marvin Zindler
- KTRK - The Chicken Dog Story
- KTRK video clip from Zindler
- KTRK - Media Criticism
- "SLIIME ON ICE MACHINE!" on YouTube
- "MARVIN ZINDLER, EYEWITNESS NEWS!" on YouTube
- "The Roving Mike" radio show (Houston Chronicle)
- "Marvin Zindler, 85, Crusader at 'Household in Texas' Case, Is Dead" (NY Times)
- Zindler, Marvin, and Louis Marciafava. Marvin Zindler Oral History, Houston Oral History Project, January 20, 1975.
- Marvin Zindler in the Search of the Mausoleum
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