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    Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. Deanne Barkley dies at 82; pioneering TV executive

    Deanne Barkley, who broke through the glass ceiling in network television to become an influential executive in the early 1970s, when few women had the power to develop prime-time programs, died April 2 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. She was 82.
    Deanne Barkley, who broke through the glass ceiling in network television to become an influential executive in the early 1970s, when few women had the power to develop prime-time programs, died April 2 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. She was 82. The cause...

    Tags: Barry Diller, Authors, Game Shows, Roseanne (tv program), Whitney Houston

  2. Jun 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. Herb Reed dies at 83; founder of the Platters

    Herb Reed was in his 20s when he founded the Platters in Los Angeles in 1953, naming his vocal group after the term used by radio DJs for the vinyl records of the day.
    Herb Reed was in his 20s when he founded the Platters in Los Angeles in 1953, naming his vocal group after the term used by radio DJs for the vinyl records of the day. Well into the digital download era — and into his 80s — Reed was still...

    Tags: Doo-wop (genre), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Arts and Culture, Music, Concerts

  4. Mar 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. PASSINGS: Frank Javorsek, Warren Stevens

    Frank Javorsek Bluegrass player co-owned music store Frank Javorsek, 70, a bluegrass musician who co-owned the now-closed Blue Ridge Pickin' Parlor music shop in the San Fernando Valley and hosted a bluegrass radio show on KCSN-FM, died March 22 of a...

    Tags: Obituaries, Television Industry, Music, Arts and Culture, Los Angeles Police Department

  6. Dec 15, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  7. PASSINGS: Loren Miller Jr., Boris Chertok

    <b>Loren Miller Jr.</b>
    Loren Miller Jr. Longtime Superior Court judge Retired Superior Court Judge Loren Miller Jr., 74, the second of three generations of his family to serve on the bench in California, died Dec. 5 of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary...

    Tags: Judges, Obituaries, University of Oregon, Jerry Brown, Loyola University Chicago

  8. Aug 25, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. Scott Wannberg dies at 58; poet and Dutton's book buyer

    Scott Wannberg, a gentle behemoth of the Los Angeles poetry scene and a mainstay of the old <a href="http://lat.ms/27I8j">Dutton's bookstore</a> in Brentwood, where for nearly 25 years he molded the reading habits of a wide assortment of customers and petted every dog that crossed the threshold, has died. He was 58.
    Scott Wannberg, a gentle behemoth of the Los Angeles poetry scene and a mainstay of the old Dutton's bookstore in Brentwood, where for nearly 25 years he molded the reading habits of a wide assortment of customers and petted every dog that crossed the...

    Tags: Viggo Mortensen, Chick Hearn, Randy Newman, Ed Harris, Health

  10. Aug 31, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  11. PASSINGS: Sybil Jason

    Sybil Jason, 83, a former child actress signed by the Warner Brothers Studio to rival Twentieth Century Fox star Shirley Temple, died Aug. 23 at her home in Northridge, her family announced. She had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    Sybil Jason, 83, a former child actress signed by the Warner Brothers Studio to rival Twentieth Century Fox star Shirley Temple, died Aug. 23 at her home in Northridge, her family announced. She had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Born in Cape...

    Tags: Humphrey Bogart, London Theatre, Shirley Temple, Al Jolson, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

  12. Feb 6, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  13. Dr. Thomas L. Petty dies at 76; pioneering lung specialist

    Dr. Thomas L. Petty, the Colorado lung specialist who pioneered the use of continuous oxygen therapy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other lung disorders, died at his home in Denver on Dec. 12 from pulmonary hypertension. He was 76.
    Dr. Thomas L. Petty, the Colorado lung specialist who pioneered the use of continuous oxygen therapy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other lung disorders, died at his home in Denver on Dec. 12 from pulmonary hypertension. He...

    Tags: Denver, Education, Health and Safety at School, Science, Death

  14. Nov 11, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  15. Medical marijuana inspires strong opinions, but what does science say?

    Depending on whom you ask, marijuana is a dangerous drug that should be kept illegal alongside heroin and PCP, or it's a miracle herb with a trove of medical benefits that the government is seeking to deny the public -- or something in between: a plant with medical uses and drawbacks, worth exploring.
    Depending on whom you ask, marijuana is a dangerous drug that should be kept illegal alongside heroin and PCP, or it's a miracle herb with a trove of medical benefits that the government is seeking to deny the public -- or something in between: a plant...

    Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Television, United Kingdom, Multiple Sclerosis, HIV

  16. May 6, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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  18. Oct 12, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. Leona Gage dies at 71; Miss USA of 1957 lost crown when it was learned she was married and a mother

    Leona Gage, who in 1957 was named Miss USA but had the title taken from her when pageant officials learned she was married and a mother of two, has died. She was 71.
    Leona Gage, who in 1957 was named Miss USA but had the title taken from her when pageant officials learned she was married and a mother of two, has died. She was 71. Gage died of heart failure Oct. 5 at Sherman Oaks Hospital, said her son Rob Kaminer....

    Tags: Mouth, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Miss USA

  20. Jun 1, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. What it's like to 'wear oxygen'

    A year ago I was diagnosed with COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a catch-all label for many different breathing problems. My particular situation is that my lungs are compressed and cannot expand sufficiently to provide needed oxygen.
    A year ago I was diagnosed with COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a catch-all label for many different breathing problems. My particular situation is that my lungs are compressed and cannot expand sufficiently to provide needed oxygen. There...

    Tags: Education, University of Southern California, Health, Eyewear, Diseases and Illnesses

  22. Jun 15, 2013 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
  23. Stepfather morphs into role of 'dad'

    At the age of 4, Shelly Carrillo said she met her father for the first time.
    Staff Writer
    At the age of 4, Shelly Carrillo said she met her father for the first time. “It was like I was his own,” Carrillo said of her stepfather, Ron Blankenship. “It didn’t matter that I wasn’t biologically his. I was just his...

    Tags: Robert J. Lopez

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