Celebration of life for Rod Van Hook

Dec. 2, 2009 1:45 PM PT

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A celebration of life for longtime L.A. sportscaster Rod Van Hook is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Jan. 2 at Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church, 15821 Sunset Blvd.

Van Hook, who worked for Los Angeles radio stations KFWB, KMPC and KSPN, died Nov. 7 at age 61.

-- Claire Noland

Afterword

Claire Noland

Claire Noland, who joined the Los Angeles Times in 1994, became editor of curated email newsletters in spring 2015. She had been in the Obituary Department since 2006, the last six years as editor. Before that, she was an editor in Sports. A California native and graduate of Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles, she worked at the Antelope Valley Press, Los Angeles Daily News and Minneapolis Star Tribune. She left The Times in December 2015.

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