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Christopher Dufresne Memoriam

April 11, 1958 - May 25, 2020 Amidst the difficult realities of the year that was 2020, we lost an exceptional son, brother, father, husband and friend to cancer. A gifted, versatile and witty writer, Chris felt privileged to cover sports for the LA Times for nearly 35 years. We will always treasure his words, his music and the life we had. Services pending Fall 2021. Until then, support for his memorial scholarship at Cal State Fullerton is appreciated. The link: give.fullerton.edu/dufresnescholarship

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Published by Los Angeles Times from May 23 to May 25, 2021.

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Sheila Dufresne

April 6, 2023

Timothy and Diane - thank you for sharing your memories and leaving notes in Chris´ memory. Means so much. We finally had a chance to celebrate his life on 10/26/21 at the Cathedral in LA and the Rose Bowl. Here´s a link to the archive from that beautiful day.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GWhAD8247rcVyvBXCHbpxS6L1kC9Netg

His wife, Sheila

Diana

March 6, 2023

I'm so sad to hear this. I worked with Chris at the Fullerton News Tribune. Being a well known sports reporter was a dream back then but I knew he would do it. Was so happy for his success through the years. My thoughts and prayers to his family.

Peter

January 14, 2023

Christopher please ask Mom to help in asking all the angels to bless me with a miracle, please help me in Jesus name I pray.

Tim James

May 24, 2021

Wow, I must have missed Chris' passing a year ago. I am so sorry to hear of it. He was one of the very best Times' sportswriters and I enjoyed especially his college football coverage. You could always trust Chris' reporting and his opinions on the games. My condolences to all of his family.

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