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Wednesday
1
November
Visitation
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Kraft-Sussman Funeral Services
3975 S. Durango Drive, Suite 104
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Thursday
2
November
Funeral Service
12:00 pm
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery
1900 Veterans Memorial Drive
Boulder City, Nevada, United States
Service Time: 12:00 PM
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Jerome McClendon (Email) - Friends would see Lennox RED McLendon's byline and photos in my hometown newspaper, The Marietta (GA) Daily Journal. They would ask me "are you still working there?" Worst of all they would say "your photography has improved!" Yes, Red was a much better photographer than me. Was then, always would be.
I regularly had to remind people that we were not related, he has one "C" (McLendon) I would tell them. I have two "Cs" (McClendon). He's "Red" I'm just regular old "Jerome", no fancy nicknames for me!
Oddly we seemed to follow the same career path, When I became a photo editor at the AP in Los Angeles, Red was there. We bonded immediately, our wives, became friends. Red and Dianne helped my wife, Kathy Kottwitz, and I find an apartment in LA that we could afford!
They helped us discover LA and from their unforgettable water-front apartment in Marina del Rey. They took us under their wing and helped us learn the ins and out of the city and helped me learn the quirks of working for AP.
We had an impressive photo team at the AP in LA during my time there, Red McLendon, Nick Ut, Reed Saxon, Doug Pizac, Herb Hemming, Spencer Jones. Red was a prolific photographer. He volunteered to cover events big and small from the Academy Awards to ballgames, quakes, and wildfires.
He had a knack for getting that single image that would tell the story at a glance. He took pride in writing comprehensive photo captions and always seemed to be in the right spot for that shooting that great storytelling image.
Red will be remembered. Do a Google image search of his name, and you will see hundreds of great photos from some of the most important events of his time. I imagine researchers in the future will be discovering and sharing his incredible storytelling images for hundreds of years.
RIP old friend!
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Don Waters (by Email) - As the obit for Red McLennon said, he was among a select group of perhaps 15 Navy photographers enrolled in a short course at Syracuse University in 1963 or '64 and it was there that our paths crossed. I was in the newspaper sequence, but being able to shoot a photo now and then was important.
Interestingly, given what would happen to Red down the road, Vietnam was an occasional topic of discussion in class- probably more than the general student population early in the war.
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
John Willis (by Email) - I got transferred to the Las Vegas bureau as correspondent in 1976. It was a one-person operation, and I depended on photographers from the Review-Journal and Las Vegas Convention bureau on a daily basis. Lenny Ignelzi, who worked for the R-J was my favorite "stringer" back then, and eventually went to work for The AP in San Diego, I think.
When big boxing matches and other sporting events needed attention, though, Spencer Jones would often dispatch Red McLendon to Vegas, and he was always a joy to work with. A real pro's pro.
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3975 S Durango Dr Ste 104
Las Vegas, NV 89147
Phone: (702) 208-9688