not impulsive. For instance, boxing promoter and president of Top Rank, Bob Arum, said that he was "flabbergasted": "I don't think he had an enemy. He was such a stable, rational personality — cool under pressure, unflappable; adding, "A lot of people, myself included, felt he was the best around. Nobody ever questioned his integrity." Halpern was survived by his parents and the daughter of a previous marriage. Halpern is interred at Pacific View Memorial Park in Corona del Mar, Orange County, California. References 1967 births 2000 suicides American boxing referees Burials at Pacific View Memorial Park Suicides by firearm in Nevada Sportspeople from Las Vegas