2008 passings: Music, arts & letters

Kevin Roderick • December 30 2008 6:40 PM

Graham, Diddley and Wallace

Forrest J Ackerman, archivist
Tina Allen, artist
Arthur C. Clarke, author
Philip Conisbee, curator
Michael Crichton, author

Bo Diddley, rocker
Elaine Dundy, author
Patricia Faure, art dealer
Robert Graham, sculptor
Isaac Hayes, musician

Tony Hillerman, author
Freddy Hubbard, trumpeter
Buddy Miles, drummer
Denis O'Connor, muralist
Dale Pitt, author

Yma Sumac, singer
Studs Terkel, chronicler
Jules Tygiel, historian
David Foster Wallace, writer
Jerry Wexler, record producer

Deanne Stillman on Hillerman: "I can't remember any one statement that Tony said to me that made me think I could do the thing I had always wanted to do, and in fact had been doing in my own half-baked way since I was a child....Rather, there was something about his spirit."

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8:00 PM Fri | Manny talks, walks

11:29 PM Thu | Villaraigosa off to Africa

10:06 PM Thu | Steve Brennan, Hollywood Reporter editor

6:15 PM Thu | Eater LA apologizes

5:31 PM Thu | Inside the Las Virgenes landfill

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Profiting after death

8:42 AM Fri | AEG Live, promoter of the Michael Jackson shows in London, stands to recoup a big chunk of its investment, thanks to insurance and two golden opportunities.

Banks play hardball

8:06 AM Fri | Banks were far more accommodating in 1992, the last time warrants had to be issued, and that laissez-faire stance might have delayed cutting a deal.

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Crowd gathers at UCLA to pay respects

TJ Sullivan | News of Michael Jackson's death -- along with about a dozen satellite trucks -- prompted a gathering outside UCLA Medical Center on Thursday.

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In a manner of speaking.

Hurts So Good

My marathon. The blow-by-blow.

Wolf at the door

The "Right of Way" rewrite is underway. Collaborator Marvin Wolf has already refined the project down to two documents, including a 25-page treatment, while finding time to knock out a novel or two on the side.