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Lynn D. 'Buck' Compton dies at 90; attorney, judge also known for WWII service

By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times
February 28, 2012

Lynn Compton headed the three-man team that prosecuted Sirhan B. Sirhan for the slaying of Robert F. Kennedy. It was after he retired from the bench that he and others became known for the exploits depicted in the miniseries 'Band of Brothers.'



Lynn D. "Buck" Compton is shown in 1978. The World War II veteran served with the unit later memorialized in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers." (Los Angeles Times)

As a Los Angeles deputy district attorney, Lynn D. "Buck" Compton was known for heading the three-man team that successfully prosecuted Sirhan B. Sirhan for the 1968 slaying of U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.

And after then-Gov. Ronald Reagan appointed him to the 2nd District Court of Appeal in 1970, he was known as one of its most conservative jurists.

But it was long after he retired from the bench in 1990 that Compton became known for something that previously had been mentioned only in passing in newspaper articles about him: his World War II military service.

Compton was a first lieutenant in Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the Army's 101st Airborne Division — one of the true-life characters who gained late-in-life renown when they were portrayed in "Band of Brothers," the 2001 HBO miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1992 bestseller.

Compton, who suffered a heart attack Jan. 11, died Saturday at his daughter Tracy's home in Burlington, Wash., said his family. He was 90.

After parachuting into Normandy during the early hours of D-day, Compton was part of the assault group that destroyed the German artillery during the battle at Brecourt Manor. He fought at Carentan, participated in Operation Market Garden in Holland and fought in the Battle of Bastogne.

Before the war was over, he had been awarded a Silver Star and a Purple Heart

"Not too many people knew about his military heroics until the miniseries," said Tracy Compton.

As her sister Syndee put it: "His career as a prosecutor and a judge overrode his military career until 'Band of Brothers' came out, and then it just went crazy. Then it became more about him being in the military rather than his being a judge or a prosecutor."

Syndee Compton said her father was surprised by suddenly being in the spotlight.

"I think it probably shocked all of them," she said. "I don't think any of them in their wildest dream thought at 80 years of age they'd be getting this attention."

In the years after "Band of Brothers," Compton was asked to speak at local schools and at military bases in Germany and South Korea.

He also continued to receive fan mail from around the world.

His family estimates that nearly 400 people showed up in January for a 90th birthday celebration for Compton at the Skagit Regional Airport in Burlington, including children of other Band of Brothers veterans.

"All I can say is it's flattering — and kind of embarrassing," the Skagit Valley Herald reported Compton as saying. "We didn't expect anything more than those other guys [in the war]. We're celebrating longevity more than anything."

The crowd included four actors from "Band of Brothers": Michael Cudlitz, James Madio, Richard Speight Jr. and Neal McDonough, who portrayed Compton in the miniseries.

McDonough recalled meeting with Compton in Burlington the day before he flew to London to begin filming "Band of Brothers," and later peppering him with "phone calls at all hours" with more questions about his time during the war.

"When you play a historical figure, you have to do it right and tell the truth," McDonough told The Times on Monday, recalling that Compton would tell him, "I didn't really do anything; I was just doing my job."

"He'd say that's what soldiers do," said McDonough, who kept in touch with Compton and nicknamed his 6-year-old son Morgan "Little Buck" in his honor. "He did extraordinary things in his life and never took credit for it."

Tracy Compton said her father thought McDonough "did a wonderful job" portraying him and that "he laughed and said Neal was better-looking than he ever was."

Compton was born in Los Angeles on Dec. 31, 1921. He majored in physical education and minored in education at UCLA, where he lettered in both football and baseball. He started at guard in the 1943 Rose Bowl game against Georgia and was selected all-conference catcher while captain of the baseball team in 1942.

He also participated in the ROTC program and entered active service in February 1943 at age 21.

After the war, he became a Los Angeles police officer and worked his way through Loyola Law School. He was a detective in the Central Burglary Division before joining the district attorney's office in 1951. He was assistant district attorney when Dist. Atty. Evelle J. Younger chose him as his chief deputy in 1966.

His memoir "Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers," written with Marcus Brotherton, was published in 2008.

His wife, Donna, died in 1994. Besides his two daughters, he is survived by four grandchildren.

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Master-Fan schreef:een hele scene geweid aan de pijp :

De Bing Crosby - Bill Cosby - Will Smith verwarring is leuk

Master-Fan schreef:een hele scene geweid aan de pijp :

Henk de Jong schreef:Volgens mij wordt het model pijp wat Alan "rookt" ook daadwerkelijk een Bing Crosby-model genoemd.

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Master-Fan schreef:een hele scene geweid aan de pijp :

Ik heb helaas geen geluid op mijn computer... en kijk daarom waarschijnlijk anders tegen het filmpje aan.
Het ergert mij om te zien dat mensen gaan zitten showen met een pijp en hem vervolgens niet gaan roken...
Ik zie daar de vertrutting van de maatschappij in Er zal wel niet mogen worden gerookt in de studio uit redenen van smetvrees

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dr. Watson schreef:

Master-Fan schreef:een hele scene geweid aan de pijp :

Ik heb helaas geen geluid op mijn computer... en kijk daarom waarschijnlijk anders tegen het filmpje aan.
Het ergert mij om te zien dat mensen gaan zitten showen met een pijp en hem vervolgens niet gaan roken...
Ik zie daar de vertrutting van de maatschappij in Er zal wel niet mogen worden gerookt in de studio uit redenen van smetvrees

Ik kan je volgen hierin.
Niettemin hoor je zijn vrouw zeggen: 'maybe you should buy some tobacco'. In een hedendaags feuilleton (dat ik niet ken) en dat zich lijkt af te spelen in een hedendaagse setting vind ik dit, gezien de Amerikaanse puritanisme op dergelijk vlak (roken op tv etc) nog redelijk verregaand.

/edit: nu ik het zo herlees, is het op zich eigenlijk al veelzeggend dat men (ik) dit vandaag de dag als verregaand mag beschouwen.

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keesie75 schreef:(Oftopic) Weet iemand hoe je van die golfjes in je haar maakt?

Eliminator schreef:Pic's !!

Bommel schreef:Helaas heren ik moet u teleurstellen, no pic's.
Niet dat ik deze niet wil tonen, maar ik heb hier geen foto's van, tot groot verdriet van Mme Bommel en ondergetekende.
Ze zijn verloren gegaan.
Maar ik wil best mijn haren wat laten groeien voor de meeting bij Schimmel en u tonen dat ik door het leven gegaan ben met een heuse vetkuif, zonder vet want dat had ik niet nodig ivm de slagen in het haar waar het hierover ging.
Echter lijkt het mij onmogelijk om in deze korte tijd u te plezieren met haren tot op de bibs.

Charlie schreef: heel veel prins Bernhard plaatjes