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  • Obituary: Edward Nalbandian, 78; L.A. Clothier Became a Local Celebrity for Zachary All Store

    02/28/2006 2:20:34 PM PST · by RightOnTheLeftCoast · 28 replies · 1,855+ views
    LA Times ^ | 28 Feb 2006 | Dennis McLellan
    Edward G. Nalbandian, the longtime owner of Zachary All Clothing on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles who became a familiar face on local television as the commercial spokesman for his men's store, has died. He was 78. Nalbandian, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease more than nine years ago, died Feb. 22 in a nursing home in Los Angeles, his family said. Beginning in the early 1960s, Nalbandian became something of a Southern California celebrity for commercials in which he famously emphasized that clothes at his store came in sizes "Cadet, Extra Short, Regular, Long, Extra Long and Portlies." That's...