Claudia Laffranchi, Swiss journalist was 49
Project months behind schedule
It has been more than two years since some Times loyalists hung this three-story banner from an LAT parking structure. Today's story in the NYT (and check out Kevin's great round-up of reaction links) shows what an understatement that turned out to be.
And remember the web site Tell Zell? Still alive on the intertubes, though sadly dormant.