Franchetti could not substantiate the rumor but included it in a report. The report was passed to Curb's office with the rumor part erased, after which it moved to broadcaster Bill Stout who announced it as fact on Los Angeles radio station KNX (AM) and its CBS affiliates. (Stout's wife worked for Curb.) Then-Attorney General Younger filed a letter of reprimand in Franchetti's personnel records, accusing him of a breach of responsibility. Dymally was an old friend of Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones. When Jones decided to move his congregation to Jonestown, Guyana, Dymally "wrote the Guyanese prime minister to reassure him that Jones was an upstanding citizen." The Jonestown compound would be the site of the mass suicide of over 900 people on November 18, 1978. In 1983 he joined with 7 other Congressional Representatives to sponsor a resolution to impeach Ronald Reagan over his sudden and unexpected invasion of Grenada. In the 1990s, Dymally served as a paid lobbyist for the country of Mauritania, attempting to present the country as engaged in abolishing every remnant of slavery. Dymally came out of retirement and returned to the California State Assembly in 2002 when Assemblyman Carl Washington was term limited. He served for six years and then tried to return to the State Senate in 2008. However, he was defeated in the Democratic primary for State Senate election by Rod Wright. He died in Los Angeles and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City. Mervyn M Dymally Senior High School at 88th street and San Pedro in South Central Los Angeles, part of the Los Angeles Unified School District is named in his honor. See also List of African-American United States representatives List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress List of minority governors and lieutenant governors in the United States References External links record from the Washington Post Join California Mervyn M. Dymally |- |- |- |- |- 1926 births 2012 deaths 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians African-American members of the United States House of Representatives Asian-American members of the United States House of Representatives African-American state legislators in California California politicians of Indian descent American politicians of Indian descent American memoirists Democratic Party California state senators California State University, Sacramento alumni Trinidad and Tobago people of Indian descent Lieutenant Governors of California Lincoln University (Missouri) alumni Democratic Party members of