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"\"&lt;p&gt;Last night in Simi Valley, California, hundreds of pros, locals, family, and friends gathered at Skatelab to commemorate the life of &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.dlxsf.com\\/promos\\/vanwastell\\/index.html\\\" target=\\\"new\\\"&gt;Van Wastell&lt;\\/a&gt;. His death twelve days ago was a shock to all of us. It was a tragic, sudden end to a young man burgeoning on limitless possibilities on board and off. But Van led a beautiful life. He was a skateboarder, a musician, and a seeker, and those in attendance\\u2014who knew Van personally or who merely knew of his contributions\\u2014were there to celebrate him. Below is a slideshow of some of the skate jam&amp;#8217;s attendees and background on Van&amp;#8217;s early stomping grounds, Skatelab.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Van Wastell&amp;#8217;s funeral service took place at 1 p.m. today at the Conejo Mountain Funeral Home, Memorial Park &amp;amp; Crematory in Camarillo, California. A memorial fund has been established to help the Wastell family\\u2014if you would like to contribute, deposits can be made at Wells Fargo branches to the account #8352614187. Checks should be written to: \\u201cVan Wastell Memorial Fund.\\u201d&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1000074061 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon landscape'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/features\\/van-wastell-skatelab-skate-jam\\/attachment\\/vanmarquee\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"123\\\" height=\\\"82\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/20\\/vanmarquee-225x150.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"vanmarquee\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/20\\/vanmarquee-225x150.jpg 225w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/20\\/vanmarquee-90x60.jpg 90w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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