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Week in Review: 'Simpsons' Creator Gets Star; Whitney Houston's Final Performance

Here are some of the highlights from the week of Feb. 12 - 18.

Missed a day of local news from Hollywood Patch last week? Catch our top headlines of Feb. 12 -18:

1. Matt Groening, whose crudely drawn cartoon strip for an alternative newspaper led to the creation of The Simpsons, received the 2,461st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Tuesday.

2. An architect who designed and oversaw the construction of a luxury home in the Hollywood Hills a year ago was charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a veteran firefighter who was killed when a burning ceiling collapsed on the property on Feb. 17, 2011.

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3. As details emerged about Whitney Houston's final days, it turned out that her last performance was at a Hollywood nightclub and involved one of her favorite songs.

4. Assemblyman Mike Feuer officially announced Tuesday his candidacy for city attorney of Los Angeles in March 2013

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5. Police identified a pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run accident near Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills. Zina Bethune, a renowned ballet dancer and teacher of disabled children, had stopped to care for an animal lying in the road when a vehicle struck her early Sunday.


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