Clive Vallette Bixby, a beloved friend and one-man neighborhood watch on the 1000 block of Hartzell, died February 16 in the Seychelles Islands while enjoying his last world cruise. He was 75. Clive was a devoted film buff, known on the block for his vast collection of videos and DVDs. His willingness to share his movie collection earned him the nickname ‘Bixbuster.’ Born in New York City on July 4, 1931, Clive moved to Arizona with his mom when he was nine and eventually settled in Pacific Palisades in the 1940s. He graduated from Santa Monica High in 1949. After a brief stint in the Navy aboard the U.S.S. Duncan, he attended Santa Monica College and worked as a draft engineer at McDonnell Douglas for 15 years. He then served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 22 years. Along with movies, Clive loved to travel and did so extensively. Always adventurous, he sailed across the Nile twice in a hot-air balloon. Clive took thousands of pictures of the wonderful places he visited, which he shared with his friends via his famous ‘photo parade’ e-mails. When not traveling, Clive loved sitting on his front porch, keeping up with the neighborhood goings-on, making the rounds of his favorite merchants in town and sharing Sunday mornings with his Breakfast Club friends of 20 years. ‘We will all miss Clive’s dry wit, his curious nature, his big laugh and his protective, watchful eye,’ wrote his friends, Nancy and Chris Fracchiolla, who will host a memorial on Sunday, April 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. Clive’s remains will be interred at the historic Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, alongside his mother Beatrice.
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