Arthur Lyons(1946-2008)

Died at age 62.

A member of the Palm Springs City Council from 1992-1995.

Authored 21 books and numerous mystery novels.

His 1986 novel "Castles Burning," which took place in Palm Springs, furnished the basis for the telemovie "Slow Burn" with Johnny Depp.

Author of "Death on the Cheap -- The Lost B Movies of Film Noir.".

To portray violence in a non-violent way, to me, is doing a disservice to people, because that's when you start getting people responding to violence. The whole thing on TV about not showing violence, cleaning it up, is more harmful, I think, than making somebody ill with it.