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His 'combines' of painting, sculpture and castoff objects -- tires, postage stamps, goats -- established new directions and prominence for American art.
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Fate may have led Irena Sendler to the moment almost 70 years ago when she began to risk her life for the children of strangers. But for this humble Polish Catholic social worker, who was barely 30 when one of history's most nightmarish chapters unfolded before her, the pivotal influence was something her parents had drummed into her. >>
George P. Cressman, a former National Weather Service director who took the lead in applying computers to meteorology and helped change weather forecasting from a form of cloud-gazing guesswork to a codified science, has died. He was 88. >>
Larry Levine, the recording engineer who helped translate the grandiose sonic vision of record producer Phil Spector into some of the biggest-selling and most influential recordings of the rock era, died Thursday, on his 80th birthday, at his home in Encino. >>
Roy Snelling, an internationally renowned entomologist who turned his boyhood fascination with insects into a lifelong study of the secret world of ants, wasps and bees, has died. He was 73. >>
Joyce "Dottie" Rambo, an influential gospel singer and songwriter, died early Sunday when her tour bus ran off a highway and struck an embankment. She was 74. >>
Paul HaeberlinFrench chef of 3-star restaurant >>Joseph S. Miko, a former cameraman whose extensive footage of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution was smuggled out of Budapest and is considered a significant piece of the documentary record of the historic national uprising against Soviet oppression, has died. He was 87. >>
Joseph Lodge, a Superior Court judge in Santa Barbara County who was elected to the bench in 1958 and became one of the longest-serving jurists in California history, died Monday at his home in Santa Barbara. He was 76. >>
Leyla GencerTurkish soprano thrived in Italy >>OBITUARY
The political science teacher, tired of missing meetings due to mobility barriers on campus, succeeded in getting USC to become 'a model' for accessibility, an advocate says. >>
Jerry WallaceSinger's biggest hit was 'Primrose Lane' >>Edward Den Lau, whose Space gallery in Los Angeles was a center for art shows as well as performances, poetry readings and musical events, has died. He was 80. >>
The elegant, pop-influenced singer, who once had 57 consecutive top 10 hits, helped transform country from 'hillbilly music' to mass appeal. >>
Robert w. Nudelman, a leading preservationist who helped spearhead Hollywood's rebirth as he campaigned over three decades to save and restore such landmarks as the El Capitan Theatre and the Cinerama Dome, has died. He was 52. >>
Peter HowardBroadway dance music arranger >>By the time Bill Hargrove was recognized last year as the nation's oldest league bowler, his eyesight had deteriorated so much that he could hardly see the pins. >>
Elaine Dundy, a novelist, biographer, journalist and memoirist who wrote about her turbulent marriage to legendary critic Kenneth Tynan and their life among the rich and famous, died May 1 at her Los Angeles home. She was 86. >>
From the beginning of Elaine Dundy's best-known book >>
For marrying the only man she ever loved, Mildred Loving paid a price: She was arrested, convicted and banished from her home state. >>
He and his brother-in-law each opened ice cream stores in the Los Angeles area after WWII, then combined them by 1948 to form what would become an empire. >>
The actress had long-running roles on 'Another World' and 'Guiding Light.' >>
Ted Key, the magazine cartoonist who created the bossy but lovable maid Hazel in the 1940s and later the time-traveling Mr. Peabody and Sherman of Rocky and Bullwinkle TV cartoon fame, has died. He was 95. >>
Robert Vesco, the American fugitive who cooked up moneymaking schemes that allegedly involved everyone from Colombian drug lords to the families of U.S. presidents, died in Cuba and was buried almost six months ago, according to an official document. >>
Alvin Colt, a Tony-winning costume designer whose work spanned more than 60 years of theater from "On the Town" to the "Forbidden Broadway" revues, has died at 92. >>
"Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay" was a national bestseller. >>
George AtiyehScholar and Mideast expert >>Timothy M. Smith had always been a daredevil, flying off homemade jumps in a wagon attached to his friend's bike or attacking the half-pipe on his snowboard. >>
Ahmed M. Abdel-Ghaffar, a USC professor of engineering whose pioneering work in the design and monitoring of bridges led to the development of more efficient and reliable ways to build them, has died. He was 60. >>
British transplant had lived in Los Angeles since the early 1960s. >>
When Army Sgt. Richard Vaughn came home on leave, he would visit Serra High School, where he had been a star wrestler. >>
DeVan ShumwayNixon defender, panel spokesman >>Sallie Wilson, a leading dancer with American Ballet Theatre best known as a protegee of master psychological- ballet choreographer Antony Tudor, died Sunday at her home in New York City. She was 76. >>
Philipp Freiherr von BoeselagerParticipant in plot to kill Hitler >>Frank Whiteley Jr., a trainer of some of horse racing's biggest stars and a member of the sport's hall of fame for 30 years, died Friday in Camden, S.C. He was 93. >>
Jim Hager, one of the Hager Twins who satirized country life with cornball one-liners as original cast members of the TV show "Hee Haw," has died, the show's producer said Friday. He was 66. >>
Humphrey Lyttelton, a jazz trumpeter and host of the surreal British Broadcasting Corp. radio game show "I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue," died at a London hospital April 25 after surgery, according to an announcement on his website. He was 86. >>
The executive, who also worked for the Angels and San Diego Padres, helped build championship Dodgers teams in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. >>
Henry Brant -- an American maverick composer who added the dimension of space to music by placing musicians in nooks and crannies of concert halls, on boats floating down the Amstel River in Amsterdam or arrayed throughout sports arenas -- has died. He was 94. >>
Yossi HarelCommander of refugee ship >>Robert W. Battin, a maverick Democratic county supervisor during a rough-and-tumble era of Orange County politics in the 1960s and '70s, died Tuesday. He was 78. >>
His accidental experience of 'an extremely stimulated imagination' caused by the drug led to a lifetime of experiments and initiated the psychedelic generation. >>
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He wrote nearly 6,000 human-interest stories for the paper before retiring in 1992. The Beatles, desert hermits and the homeless were on his wide-ranging beat. >>
William H. Stewart, who as U.S. surgeon general from 1965 to 1969 led the federal anti-smoking crusade, called for warning labels on cigarette advertising and used the introduction of Medicare to desegregate hospitals throughout the country, died April 23 of kidney failure at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans. He was 86. >>
Will Robinson, the first black basketball coach at a Division I school and a Detroit Pistons scout who discovered Joe Dumars and Dennis Rodman, died Monday in a Detroit hospital, team spokesman Matt Dobek said. He was 96. >>
Friends and strangers turn out in Ohio to honor the Army staff sergeant, who was kidnapped and killed in Iraq. He had been missing in action longer than any soldier in the war. >>
Giuffre's 1947 composition 'Four Brothers' established his visibility as one of the important figures on the then-emerging West Coast jazz scene. >>
Dick Rossi, the Flying Tigers pilot who downed six Japanese planes during World War II and later helped preserve the history of the world-famous volunteers, has died. He was 92. >>
Germaine Tillion, 100, a celebrated anthropologist and French Resistance fighter during World War II, who wrote about her experiences in a Nazi camp, died April 19 at her home near Paris. >>
Bebe Barron, a pioneering composer who started manipulating sounds after receiving a tape recorder as a wedding present and later scored the 1956 science-fiction film "Forbidden Planet," the first full-length feature to use only electronic music, has died. She was 82. >>
The Rev. Ray Gibbons, a minister who helped Protestant churches in the United States address major social and political issues as director of the Council for Christian Social Action from 1944 to 1968, died of natural causes March 18 at Pilgrim Place retirement home in Claremont, his son David said last week. He was 105. >>
Hale Champion, who as a senior member of Gov. Pat Brown's administration helped craft major public programs in California during a period of tremendous growth in the 1960s, died of prostate cancer Wednesday at a hospital in Cambridge, Mass. He was 85. >>
George T. Butler Jr., an influential figure in the business of jazz as an A&R man and record company executive, died April 9 at Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, Calif. He was 76. >>
Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson, the daughter of legendary Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, died of congestive heart failure April 11 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 91. >>
In a career devoted to the study of Africa's Upper Nile Valley, particularly Sudan, historian Robert O. Collins wrote books and articles that were considered required reading for scholars and students of Africa. >>
Burton 'Bud' StoneFilm industry exec, Deluxe Lab president >>Uranus J. "Bob" Appel, a bacteriologist and entrepreneur who founded the first publicly owned hospital management company and in the process changed medical care in the United States, has died. He was 91. >>
Joe Alston, an FBI agent and badminton champion who was the best player in the U.S. in 1955 when he became the only badminton player ever featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, has died. He was 81. >>
Paul DavisSongwriter hit top 10 with 'I Go Crazy' >>Joy Page, the stepdaughter of Warner Bros. studio chief Jack L. Warner who earned her place in film history playing the dark-haired young Bulgarian newlywed in "Casablanca," has died. She was 83. >>
Darell Garretson, who helped shape NBA officiating as one of the league's most recognizable referees over a 31-year career in professional basketball, died in his sleep Monday at his home in Mesa, Ariz. He was 76. >>
Robert Warnes Leach, a screenwriter who became a leading advocate for victims' rights after his stepdaughter was murdered in 1983 in Malibu, has died. He was 93. >>
Joe FeeneyTenor starred on 'Lawrence Welk' >>Werner Groebli, half of the comic ice-skating duo "Frick and Frack" adored by millions in the 1940s and 1950s, and who continued to entertain audiences as a solo artist for decades, died April 14 at a hospital in Zurich. He was 92. >>
A much-admired energy and transportation engineer, he co-authored California's landmark fuel standard. >>
He chronicled Heller's struggle with Guillain-Barre syndrome. >>
Alfonso Lopez TrujilloCleric led fight against abortion >>She worked to increase access to public services for the disabled and senior citizens. >>
Rosalie Ritz, a premier courtroom artist who for four decades chronicled dozens of high-drama trials, including those of Charles Manson, Patty Hearst and O.J. Simpson, has died. She was 84. >>
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Oscar-winning actor who achieved stardom playing larger-than-life figures including Moses, Michelangelo and Andrew Jackson and went on to become an unapologetic gun advocate and darling of conservative causes.
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Among the major notables who passed from the scene this year, three of the most famous -- two masters of cinema and a genius of football -- died on the same day: July 30. A roll call of newsworthy figures who died in 2007. PHOTOS
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