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Obituaries

Dec. 3, 2021

Dennis B. Franks, 1957-2021

Business, entertainment attorney killed by falling tree

Dennis B. Franks, 1957-2021
Dennis Franks (Courtesy of Mark A. Lester)

Retired business and entertainment attorney Dennis B. Franks died Sunday when a tree fell on his Encino home. He had celebrated his 64th birthday just six days earlier.

“It’s just not anything you’d ever expect,” attorney Mark A. Lester, who described Franks as his best friend, said Thursday.

The partner at the Camarillo real estate law practice Jones, Lester, Schuck, Becker & Dehesa LLP said he met Franks o...

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