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- ↑ Hayes, Stephanie (July 31, 2019). "Life of the Party podcast: 'Florida Girls' creator Laura Chinn talks growing up Florida". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
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CHINN, MAX KENNETH, 22, of Clearwater, died Monday (April 4, 2005) at Hospice House Woodside, Pinellas Park. He came here in 1983 [sic] from his native Los Angeles, and was a Christian and Scientologist. He enjoyed skateboarding, gymnastics, shooting pool and video games. Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Susan and Jim Howat, Clearwater; his father, Jake, Los Angeles; two sisters, Laura Chinn, Clearwater, and Tamari Chinn, Los Angeles; and a niece, Jasmine Chinn, Los Angeles. Florida Direct Cremation & Burial Society, St. Petersburg.
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- 1 2 Hayes, Stephanie (February 21, 2024). "‘Suncoast’ creator Laura Chinn talks the 2000s, Terri Schiavo and healing". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved February 25, 2024. "Chinn grew up between Clearwater and Los Angeles. She often found herself unsupervised and dropped out of Dunedin High School at 15. [...] 'Suncoast' fictionalizes one of her most significant traumas, one that coincided with an infamous Florida story. In 2005, Chinn’s brother, Max, entered a hospice as he was dying of brain cancer — the same hospice where Terri Schiavo remained in a persistent vegetative state."
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