Obituaries

Bob Thomas | 1922 - 2014

Thomas was a few paces behind Robert F. Kennedy when the Democratic presidential candidate was gunned down at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel in 1968. Thirty years later, Thomas stands on the spot where Kennedy had lain after he was shot.

Thomas was a few paces behind Robert F. Kennedy when the Democratic presidential candidate was gunned down at Los Angeles’ Ambassador Hotel in 1968. Thirty years later, Thomas stands on the spot where Kennedy had lain after he was shot.  (Reed Saxon / Associated Press)

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Bob Thomas was a Los Angeles-based reporter and columnist who covered entertainment for the Associated Press for more than six decades, writing compelling, human and often humorous stories about Hollywood’s glittering and glamorous.

Bob Thomas - 2009

Bob Thomas attends the 81st Academy Awards in 2009. About retirement, Thomas said 10 years earlier: “I get to write a glamorous story that might be on the front page of any newspaper in the world, so why quit?”  (Matt Sayles / Associated Press)

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