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Animal Activist, Writer Patricia Guiver Dies At 76

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (CBS) ― Patricia Guiver, a longtime Orange County animal welfare advocate who turned her love of animals into a series of mysteries, has died. She was 76.

Guiver died Tuesday of complications from heart surgery at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, Chris Guiver, her son and sole survivor, told the Los Angeles Times. She was divorced.

Guiver founded the Orange County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and co-founded of the Animal Assistance League of Orange County. She also served on the Orange County Animal Shelter Advisory Board.

Born Feb. 25, 1930, in Surrey, England, Guiver got her start as a writer working on London's Fleet Street and later served as an American correspondent for British women's magazines.

She drew on her experience working in animal welfare in creating Delilah Doolittle, pet detective.

A memorial service is pending.

(© 2006 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)