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Customer Dies in Vons Bakery; Union Calls for Death Protocol

7/12/2026

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A customer suffered cardiac arrest and died in Granada Hills Vons bakery aisle on July 5 while the store stayed open for hours.
Supervisor Paszion Horner-Smith and an employee performed CPR before the customer was pronounced dead.
The family waited inside the store for four hours as shoppers shopped around the body.
President Kathy Finn said the union asked Albertsons for an emergency-death protocol, which Albertsons has not responded to.

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Story summary

A customer suffered cardiac arrest and died in Granada Hills Vons bakery aisle on July 5 while the store stayed open for hours.
Supervisor Paszion Horner-Smith and an employee performed CPR before the customer was pronounced dead.
The family waited inside the store for four hours as shoppers shopped around the body.
President Kathy Finn said the union asked Albertsons for an emergency-death protocol, which Albertsons has not responded to.