Phil Brigandi, chronicler of Orange County's history, dies at 60

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Phil Brigandi wrote about and chronicled the history of Orange County for decades. He died Thursday at the age of 60.

Phil Brigandi, an archivist and historian who for more than 40 years recorded Orange County’s stories in books and articles, has died.

Beginning in 1975, Brigandi chronicled the histories of his hometown of Orange and of Riverside and San Diego counties, joining the Orange Community Historical Society’s board of directors at 19, the youngest ever to hold that post. At 23, he became a member of the Orange County Historical Commission.“I have always focused more on the older stories,” he wrote on his website. “Not that our recent history is not fascinating, but there are others better equipped to tell those stories.

“Some people like the analogy of solving a mystery, but I prefer the image of a jigsaw puzzle,” Brigandi told The Times in 2004. “As you get more pieces, you can start to get a picture of what was going on and where the holes are.”

 

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