Entertainment & Arts
Lisa Duke is so proud of her relationship with her uncle, the late composer-songwriter Vernon Duke, that she’s written a show about it.
March 7, 1992
California
A good cop--maybe the best ever to walk on four paws--was retired from the Los Angeles Police Department Friday with appropriate pomp and ceremony--plus a few moments for him to relax and play his favorite game, which is chasing a rubber ball.
Nov. 8, 1986
When “Lisa Duke: Lost and Found” first surfaced as a nightclub piece in July, 1990, the author had no idea she’d still be going strong with the show three years later.
Aug. 6, 1993
Accompanied by half a dozen television news cameras, two San Bernardino teenagers turned themselves in Friday after one of them shot their father to death the night before, San Bernardino police said.
Aug. 23, 2003
Bill Duke, the actor and director, is an imposing figure facing an imposing challenge: succeeding as a black filmmaker.
Oct. 18, 1990
Education: Switch to traditional schedule at Mount Vernon School, designed to boost academics, means a long break for hundreds.
May 16, 2002
Clarence “Frenchie” Landry, 89, who as a member of the fast-tapping High Hatters danced with the Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Freddie Martin bands and also appeared in the 1942 film “Ride ‘Em Cowboy” with Abbott & Costello and Ella Fitzgerald, died of natural causes Nov. 14 in Santa Monica.
Nov. 21, 2003
Rachel Postovoit cannot hear her church organ, but she can feel the music.
Jan. 14, 1993
World & Nation
A profile of the independent counsel investigating President Clinton: PERSONAL Born: July 21, 1946, Vernon, Texas, son of the Rev.
Jan. 30, 1998
Jan. 10, 1993