The restaurant critic, cultural anthropologist and voice of Los Angeles found out this month that he had pancreatic cancer.
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The restaurant critic, cultural anthropologist and voice of Los Angeles found out this month that he had pancreatic cancer.
Joel Bellman: Ellison, who always bristled at being labeled a science fiction writer, died at age 84.
"The world stood still today for my sweet husband," his wife posted after a solemn procession Sunday drew crowds along several SoCal freeways. "He is home."
Endless Summer changed the image of surfers and surfing culture in the 1960s and made Brown a legend on the beach.
Rapping, a former photojournalist at the Los Angeles Times and teacher at Brooks Institute, died in September.
Daily News photographer takes to the streets. Visiting critic blinded by the light. Media notes and obits. More PST:LA/LA. Selected tweets.
On the ground in Mexico and Puerto Rico, another LA Times exit, media obits and selected tweets.
Political activist and comedian Dick Gregory died on August 19 at age 84.
Friedman was a stalwart of the Los Angeles Times photo staff for more than 30 years.
Wong was based in Rancho Park and was training at his new station downtown when he fell from a ladder and died.
"Before John Severson, there was really no surf art, no surf magazines, no real surf films, no surfwear industry, no pro surfing, no Surfrider Foundation, no surf culture as we know it."
Alvear started at KNBC and became NBC's first Latina news producer when she led Latin America coverage.
We must have played "Angel Baby" a million times since the only hit from Rosie and the Originals came out in 1961, Art Laboe posts on Facebook.
Osborne's TV credits begin in 1954, but in 1977 he took up writing for the Hollywood Reporter and became the genial first host of TCM movies.
The Los Angeles entertainment journalist and author of "Sunset Boulevard: Cruising The Heart of Los Angeles” has died of cancer.
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