Business
Dick Rutan co-piloted the Voyager around the world in 1986, taking off from and landing at Edwards Air Force Base without stopping in one of aviation’s greatest feats.
May 8, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Burt Young, who gained fame and an Oscar nomination with the role of Paulie Pennino in “Rocky,” has died.
Oct. 19, 2023
California
Burt Bacharach, composer of iconic hits including ‘Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,’ ‘I’ll Never Fall in Love Again’’ and ‘Do You Know the Way to San Jose,’ dies at 94.
Feb. 9, 2023
Music
From swinging ’60s sophistication to proto-yacht-rock to adult-contemporary elegance, the Bacharach songbook is sui generis in the annals of popular music.
Burt Bacharach, who died Wednesday at 94, is a name that “is a synonym for pop-music success in the 1960s,” wrote Leonard Feather, The Times’ former jazz critic.
Movies
Oscar winner Sally Field reveals behind-the-scenes details about her ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ co-star Burt Reynolds’ kissing abilities — or lack thereof.
Dec. 2, 2022
The songwriting juggernaut behind 32 Top 10 Billboard hits pays tribute to the late composer: ‘He was on his own mountain’
Feb. 10, 2023
Seen by some as his generation’s greatest songwriter, Bacharach teamed up for hits such as ‘I Say a Little Prayer’ and ‘Do You Know the Way to San Jose.’
Legendary singer Dionne Warwick said that despite her tiffs with late composer Burt Bacharach, they always let each other know they were like family.
In a tribute to longtime collaborator Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello sang “Baby, It’s You,” “Anyone Who Had a Heart” and “Please Stay” during his Gramercy run in New York.