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- 1 2 Malibu Homeowners Win Right to Cross Camp Property to Reach Meadow, By Jessica E. Davis, September 13, 2013, Malibu, CA Patch, ...The 76-year-old Kronsberg, who additionally has a background as a lyricist and currently teaches at Santa Monica College, said he and his 69-year-old wife never considered moving...
- 1 2 Land-Use War, Malibu Style, January 23, 2005, By Mark Arax, latimes, .... On the other side is neighbor Jeremy Joe Kronsberg, a retired screenwriter and director who calls the project a "blueprint for environmental ruin." Kronsberg lives not in Malibu luxury but in a mobile home with his wife, Lynne, an artist...Kronsberg, a 67-year-old bodybuilding buff who still pumps iron in an old stone cabin beside the creek...
- ↑ "Jeremy Joe Kronsberg". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2013-01-30.
- ↑ 'GOING APE,' TALE OF AN INHERITANCE, By Janet Maslin, Published: April 17, 1981, NYTimes.com
