The Legendary
Clint Eastwood
Nearing
90,
His
Film
Career
is
Still
Going
Strong
BY
MICHAEL
CHATFIELD
C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • W I N T E R 2 0 2 0 123
C
ARMEL IS WELL KNOWN AS AN UNDER-THE-RADAR PLACE WHERE
MOVIE STARS CAN COME TO RELAX.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE THE CIVIL -
IANS ARE INURED TO THEIR LUMINOUS PRESENCE AND ARE MORE
LIKELY TO RESPECT THEIR PRIVACY.
SOME ESTABLISHED HOLLYWOOD CELEBRI-
TIES EVEN TAKE THE STEP OF TURNING THEIR BACKS ON SOUTHERN CALIFOR-
NIA AND CHOOSING THIS AS THEIR PRIMARY PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
ENTER "CLINT EASTWOOD" ON THE BING SEARCH ENGINE AND THE FIRST
DESCRIPTION THAT POPS UP IN HIS BIO IS
"FORMER MAYOR OF CARMEL-BY-
THE-SEA". THAT'S TRUE, BUT HE WAS ELECTED TO THAT POSITION 34 YEARS
AGO.
HE'S ACHIEVED QUITE A BIT SINCE THEN, AND HE ACCOMPLISHED PLENTY
MORE BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED TO HEAD UP THIS LITTLE,
ONE-SQUARE-MILE
COASTAL
CALIFORNIA TOWN. CARMEL'S MOST FAMOUS RESIDENT IS TURNING
90 THIS YEAR YET STILL WORKS — AND LIVES— LIKE A MAN A THIRD HIS AGE.
CLINTON EASTWOOD, JR. WAS BORN ON MAY 31, 1930, IN SAN
FRANCISCO TO CLINTON AND RUTH, BOTH ORIGINALLY FROM PIEDMONT,
EAST OF OAKLAND. HIS FATHER, CLINTON SR., STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN A
STEADY LIVING THROUGH THE
GREAT DEPRESSION, LEADING HIS YOUNG FAM-
ILY THROUGH A SOMEWHAT NOMADIC LIFESTYLE UP AND DOWN THE
CALIFORNIA COAST.
