Longtime Malibu West resident Don Kramer died at 5 a.m. on Nov. 15.
Kramer worked as a Santa Monica High School football coach and biology teacher, and also sponsored a service club at the Nobles YMCA.
Kramer was the main character in “1950s Malibu – Growing Up in Paradise” by Pete Haynes. Other characters featured in the book, Betty Cavalleri and Louis T. Busch, also passed away within the past year.
“One thing I really will not miss pertaining to Coach Kramer was his yelling at me when I would screw up something on the football field,” Haynes said. “I know that was his way of teaching you the basics of the game. The man was fair and treated everyone on that team equally, as just about everyone on that team got yelled out at one time or another. I must say, I will miss my old football coach, my teacher and my mentor from the 1950s.”