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    May 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Letters: Dying but not wanting to know

    Re "Prescribing silence," Opinion, May 16 That Dr. Susan Partovi asked a patient if he wanted to know the details of his terminal illness is commendable. But relying on the old standby, "Do you want everything done?" — not so much. The medical...

    Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Specialization, Health and Medical Professionals, Nursing

    2. May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. For a dying patient, a prescription of silence

    His wife was a patient at the clinic where I worked in my early days as a doctor. I saw her regularly for hypertension. But on one visit, she was more concerned about her husband — let's call him Pedro. He was having stomach pains and difficulty swallowing. I told her to make an appointment for him with me.
    His wife was a patient at the clinic where I worked in my early days as a doctor. I saw her regularly for hypertension. But on one visit, she was more concerned about her husband — let's call him Pedro. He was having stomach pains and difficulty...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses, David Geffen School of Medicine, Abdominal Pain, High Blood Pressure

    3. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. PASSINGS: Ben Pleasants, Kenneth Appel

    Ben Pleasants L.A. poet and playwright Ben Pleasants, 72, a Los Angeles poet and playwright who also championed the work of Charles Bukowski and John Fante in literary critiques, died of a heart attack April 18 in Crescent City, his wife, Paula, said....

    Tags: Heart Attack, Long Island, IBM, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    4. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Dave Alvin headlines Juke Logan cancer benefit Sunday in L.A.

    Dave Alvin and a slew of other veterans of the Southern California blues and roots music communities, including Junior Watson, James Harman and the Mike Eldred Trio, will gather Sunday at Café Fais Do Do in Los Angeles to salute harmonica ace John “Juke” Logan in a benefit for the American Institute for Cancer Research.
    Dave Alvin and a slew of other veterans of the Southern California blues and roots music communities, including Junior Watson, James Harman and the Mike Eldred Trio, will gather Sunday at Café Fais Do Do in Los Angeles to salute harmonica ace John “...

    Tags: Music, Entertainment

    5. Mar 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. PASSINGS: Deke Richards

    Deke Richards, 68, who as part of the songwriting and producing team known as the Corporation was responsible for many of the Jackson 5's early hit songs for Motown Records, died Sunday at a hospice in Bellingham, Wash., of esophageal cancer, according to a statement from the Universal Music record label.
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    Deke Richards, 68, who as part of the songwriting and producing team known as the Corporation was responsible for many of the Jackson 5's early hit songs for Motown Records, died Sunday at a hospice in Bellingham, Wash., of esophageal cancer, according to...

    Tags: Obituaries, Bobby Darin, Music Industry, Berry Gordy, Music

    6. Mar 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Motown producer-songwriter Deke Richards dies

    Deke Richards, who as part of the songwriting and production team known as the Corporation was responsible for many of Motown Records' signature songs, died Sunday at a hospice in Bellingham, Wash., of esophageal cancer, according to a statement from his record label. He was 68.
    Deke Richards, who as part of the songwriting and production team known as the Corporation was responsible for many of Motown Records' signature songs, died Sunday at a hospice in Bellingham, Wash., of esophageal cancer, according to a statement from...

    Tags: Diana Ross, Queens of the Stone Age (music group), Berry Gordy, Music, Motown Records

    7. Mar 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Emily Rapp writes her way through grief in 'Still Point of the Turning World''

    Emily Rapp is not one to sugarcoat hard truths, including the brutal diagnosis she and her husband received in January 2011 when they took their then-9-month-old son to a pediatric ophthalmologist because of concerns about developmental delays. Ronan, they were told, had Tay-Sachs disease, which was untreatable and always fatal, usually by age 3.
    Emily Rapp is not one to sugarcoat hard truths, including the brutal diagnosis she and her husband received in January 2011 when they took their then-9-month-old son to a pediatric ophthalmologist because of concerns about developmental delays. Ronan,...

    Tags: The Washington Post, Amputation, Religion and Belief, NPR, Arts and Culture

    8. Oct 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Russell Means dies at 72; American Indian rights activist, actor

    Russell Means, who gained international notoriety as one of the leaders of the 71-day armed occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota in 1973 and continued to be an outspoken champion of American Indian rights after launching a career as an actor in films and television in the 1990s, has died. He was 72.
    Russell Means, who gained international notoriety as one of the leaders of the 71-day armed occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota in 1973 and continued to be an outspoken champion of American Indian rights after launching a career as an actor in...

    Tags: Celebrities, Interior Policy, Social Issues, Oliver Stone, Activism

    9. Jun 3, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Richard Dawson dies at 79; host of TV's 'Family Feud'

    Richard Dawson, the British actor who went from comedy co-star in the popular TV series "Hogan's Heroes" to his best-known role as the charming host of the TV game show "Family Feud" with his trademark of kissing the female contestants on the lips, has died. He was 79.
    Richard Dawson, the British actor who went from comedy co-star in the popular TV series "Hogan's Heroes" to his best-known role as the charming host of the TV game show "Family Feud" with his trademark of kissing the female contestants on the lips, has...

    Tags: Celebrities, Game Shows, Diana Dors, The Dick Van Dyke Show (tv program), Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (tv program)

    10. Feb 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Yuri Rasovsky dies at 67; big name in radio dramas, audio books

    Radio drama was thought to be nearly extinct when Yuri Rasovsky launched the National Radio Theater of Chicago in the early 1970s, and he emerged as a major voice in its revival.
    Radio drama was thought to be nearly extinct when Yuri Rasovsky launched the National Radio Theater of Chicago in the early 1970s, and he emerged as a major voice in its revival. One of his first productions was a radio adaptation of the 1920 silent...

    Tags: Celebrities, Culture, Benjamin Franklin, Movies, Radio

    11. Jan 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Nicol Williamson dies at 75; legendary British actor

    Once heralded as the greatest British actor of his generation, Nicol Williamson was also a legend for stormy onstage behavior that included calling off a performance of "Hamlet" mid-speech because he was too tired to go on.
    Once heralded as the greatest British actor of his generation, Nicol Williamson was also a legend for stormy onstage behavior that included calling off a performance of "Hamlet" mid-speech because he was too tired to go on. "I'll pay for the seats," he...

    Tags: Celebrities, Marlon Brando, Movies, Theater, London (England)

    12. Dec 15, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Christopher Hitchens dies at 62; engaging, enraging author and essayist

    Christopher Hitchens, the engaging and enraging British-American author and essayist whose polemical writings on religion, politics, war and other provocations established him as one of his generation's most robust public intellectuals, has died. He was 62.
    Christopher Hitchens, the engaging and enraging British-American author and essayist whose polemical writings on religion, politics, war and other provocations established him as one of his generation's most robust public intellectuals, has died. He was...

    Tags: Tony Blair, Government, Throat Cancer, Culture, Chemotherapy

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