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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Notable Angelenos
Journalists and media
Sports
Hollywood
Thin blue line

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A few thoughts on Ft. Hood, Major Malik Hasan, and business cards

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MOCA celebrates 30 years

Iris Schneider | After a tough year financially, the Museum of Contemporary Art put on a gala party to celebrate with 1,000 of its closest friends.

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Doug Ring and good deeds

One of the last of Doug Ring’s many good deeds was a visit to the Los Angeles Times editorial board with members of Housing LA, an organization advocating affordable housing for the thousands of residents being forced out of the city by high rents.

Frugality form

Thinking more about buying less.

Second look

The close-up.