Marion Knott Montapert, last surviving child of Knott's Berry Farm founders, dies at 92

 

Marion Knott at her family's Knott's Berry Farm theme park in Buena Park in March 1980.

 

arion Knott Montapert, the only member of the Knott family born on the Orange County berry farm that grew into one of Southern California’s signature attractions, has died at her Newport Beach home. She was 92 and the last surviving child of Walter and Cordelia Knott.

 

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Montapert’s Nov. 13 death was confirmed by Knott’s Berry Farm.

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