El Monte, California
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El Monte is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city lies in the San Gabriel Valley, east of the city of Los Angeles.
Friendly El Monte
Oldest home in El Monte, built 1849 (photo 1922)
Photo of "Leo the Lion" being recorded for his roar to be heard at the beginning of MGM films.
James Ellroy
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Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist.
El Monte, California
…was a resident and attended El Monte High School, until he dropped out to work in the nearby stables. El Monte was also briefly the home to author James Ellroy until his mother Geneva was murdered there in 1958. Former baseball player Fred Lynn was a resident of El Monte. Actor-filmmaker Timothy Carey filmed…
Ellroy in 2011
Ellroy at the LA Times Festival of Books, April 2009