Zindler, Marvin Harold, 1921-2007

Marvin Harold Zindler (August 10, 1921 – July 29, 2007) was a news reporter for television station KTRK-TV in Houston, Texas, United States. His investigative journalism, through which he mostly represented the city's elderly and working class, made him one of the city's most influential and well-known media personalities.

ZINDLER, MARVIN HAROLD (1921–2007). Marvin Harold Zindler, Sr., longtime Houston television personality, journalist, and consumer advocate, was born on August 10, 1921, in Houston to Abe Zindler, Sr., and Udith (Mayer) Zindler. The Zindler family arrived in the U.S. from Austria in the late 1880s. Zindler's grandfather Ben Zindler operated a tailoring shop in downtown Houston until his death, when Abe Zindler, Sr., took over the family business. He soon expanded the enterprise into retail clothing. Abe Sr. served several terms as the mayor of Bellaire, beginning in the mid-1930s. His son Marvin was the fourth of six children born into the family. For a time, the family lived at 804 Westheimer but soon moved to a two-story home at the corner of Post Oak and Bellaire Boulevard.

MARVIN HAROLD ZINDLER, SR., a well-known and tenured broadcast journalist, passed away peacefully on Sunday evening, the 29th of July 2007. A native Houstonian, Marvin was born on the 10th of August 1921 to the late Abe and Udith Mayer Zindler. After serving in United States Marine Corp, Marvin joined the family's retail clothing business, Zindler's, and then pursued a variety of interests. He served twelve years with the Harris County Sheriff's Department where he started the Consumer Fraud Division during a time when consumer advocacy was very much in need. Following his career in law enforcement, Marvin began his broadcast journalism career with ABC 13 where he served for thirty-five years as the community's consumer advocate.