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Matt Weinstock, March 16, 1960
The Daily MirrorMileage Test I've had misgivings about freeways for a long time. But not the way you might think. I've merely been suspicious of the comparative mileage. This is to report that I have confirmed my suspicion. I checked my speedometer in driving on... -
Monte Hale dies at 89; cowboy actor helped found Autry museum in L.A.
Monte Hale, one of the last of Hollywood's celluloid "singing cowboys" and a founder of what is now the Autry National Center of the American West, has died. He was 89. Hale had been in failing health and died Sunday of age-related causes at his home...Tags: Movies, Radio Industry, Gene Autry, Robert Redford, Roy Rogers
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What's in a Name, Antonio?
Monday is Get a Different Name Day. Southern Californians are pros at this. Consider the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Or L.A.'s mayor, at right, who was Antonio Villar until he wed Corina Raigosa. The real connoisseurs were the old studio bosses, who...Tags: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Mary Pickford, Cary Grant
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TV and film producer William Finnegan dies at 80
From a Times Staff WriterWilliam R. Finnegan, a film and television producer whose credits include "Hawaii Five-0," "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" and "The Fabulous Baker Boys," has died. He was 80. Finnegan, who was nominated for five Emmy Awards, died Friday of Parkinson'...Tags: Movies, Morgan Freeman, Satellite and Cable Service, Television Industry, Death
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L.A.'s high-style high-rise
Times Staff WriterFor a select group of Angelenos, the route to grandma's didn't go over the river and through the woods, but along Sunset to a 32-story Modernist block of stucco and glass built in 1964, a singular apartment house set back from and above the storied...Tags: Real Estate Sellers, Rem Koolhaas, Hotels and Accommodations, Aging, Suicide
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Charlton Heston, 84; actor, Oscar winner, played grand figures
Special to The TimesCharlton Heston, the 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, has died. He was 84....Tags: Charlton Heston, Hospitals and Clinics, Central Intelligence Agency, Contracts, Cinema Industry
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Kobal Foundation celebrity photos capture eternal glamour
Special to The TimesFROM THE time he was a schoolboy, John Kobal was in love with Hollywood. He longed to become a part of it, and eventually he did -- by befriending faded movie stars and forgotten photographers, enchanting them with his sincerity and his hungry memory, and...Tags: Arts and Culture, Vivien Leigh, Dance, Death, Marilyn Monroe
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Marfa as masterpiece theater
Special to The TimesIn Dostoevsky's novel "The Brothers Karamazov," Marfa is a faithful servant to a treacherous Russian family. The raw landscape of West Texas couldn't be less evocative of Russia, but the name Marfa, said to have been bestowed by a railroad executive's...Tags: James Dean, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Family, Arts and Culture, Tour Operations Industry
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Design for living, separately
Special to The TimesIf Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato ever "go Hollywood," they'd have to leave town. Instead, the uncompromising documentarians live and work in the heart of Hollywood, the city — Bailey in a 1924 English Arts and Crafts bungalow, built by a...Tags: Movies, David Niven, Spice Girls (music group), Family, Arts and Culture
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A roundabout way to get some sleep
Special to The TimesSleep is the enemy of the traveler. It's the dark demon that devours six, seven, eight hours a day. It rips the voyager from the quest, the explorer from the exploration. I fought sleep on the way home from Indonesia. My husband, Michael, and I had a 14-...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Office and Retail Spaces, Entertainment, Travel, Television
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The day the Magic stopped
In minutes, there would be a basketball game played at Madison Square Garden. It would be a night like any other, wouldn't it? No, this was something different, and the coach of the New York Knicks picked up a microphone and walked to center court. Games...Tags: Madison Square Garden, AIDS, Michael Jordan, Los Angeles Clippers, Retirement
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Rock Hudson Dies at 59 After Fighting AIDS
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterActor Rock Hudson lost his yearlong struggle against AIDS Wednesday, dying of complications arising from the incurable disease he had helped bring to worldwide attention. Hudson, 59, a longtime Hollywood star who stunned the world three months ago when...Tags: James Dean, Charlton Heston, AIDS, Hospitals and Clinics, Carol Burnett
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