Obituaries

Larry Davis, photojournalist *

By Kevin Roderick | January 20, 2006 11:37 PM

DavisLarry Davis, one of the L.A. Times' top photographers until he left on a buyout in 1995, killed himself in Seattle yesterday. His wife had died of cancer two years ago this week. More details at the website of the National Press Photographers Association.



* Times obituary: Davis was 61 and suffered from diabetes and vision problems.


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