Drugs' dangers - from one who knows
Although this Palos Verdes Peninsula article doesn't mention it, the brothers featured here come from a prominent South Bay legal family. Their father is Torrance Superior Court Judge Dudley Gray and their uncle is Torrance attorney Jeffrey Gray. Their great-grandfather was also a notable attorney, responsible for bringing that courthouse-looking building on Crenshaw Boulevard near the San Diego (405) Freeway to Torrance from the mid-west.
Chris Gray's untimely death really shook the family. I remember the grief when I wrote his obituary, and I still often hear it when their uncle speaks of the family.
Like the article says, Chris Gray's death should be a grim reminder to all that addiction knows no boundaries.
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Larry Altman has covered crime in the South Bay since 1990. He's seen it all - the missing model who turned up dead in the desert, the wives found dead in trunks, the high-school coaches who get a little too close to their players. He drives his young colleagues nuts with his "I remember when" stories. He welcomes your tips and observations about the present, and you can mix in a little Lakers basketball talk if you like.
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Denise Nix knew as young as grade school, when she spent every summer working on the camp newspaper, that she wanted to be a journalist. Denise has spent most of the last 12 years of her career in the courtroom. She joined the Daily Breeze in 2001, where she tracks and reports on hundreds of cases at every level of the justice system. And she's never, ever, seen a judge use a gavel.
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I remember your article, Denise. Chris was a good man. I was one of the many people fortunate enough to call him a friend.
Great story, reminds me of Shapiro's son, almost the exact same story. No family is immune and it takes a community to create recovery.