Obituaries

Martial Arts Instructor Max Pallen Jr. Has Died, Brother Says

Announcement made in a Facebook note from Jordan Pallen.

 

Updated 1 pm

Grandmaster Max F. Pallen Jr., member of a family that taught classes in Union City and operated martial arts studios in Castro Valley and San Leandro, passed away Tuesday morning according to a note posted on Facebook by his brother, Jordan Pallen.

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"On behalf of the Pallen Family, I would like to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers," Jordan Pallen wrote. "Please add extra prayer for my mom and dad, who is taking it really hard."

The note offered no additional information about the cause of death.

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At about 8:30 am Tuesday Pleasanton police found the body of a man at Pleasanton Regional Park. No foul play was suspected in that death, authorities reported at the time. 

Just after noon on Wednesday, the Alameda County Coroner's Bureau identified that man as 46-year-old Max Pallen, Jr.

The coroner said he was found dead of asphyxia by hanging in an apparent suicide.

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