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    Apr 19, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Levon Helm, singer and drummer for the Band, dies at 71

    Pop & Hiss
    Levon Helm, the widely respected and influential singer and drummer with the Band, whose Arkansas drawl colored the group's signature hits, including "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," died Thursday in New York of throat...
    2. Nov 14, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Evelyn Lauder dies at 75; daugher-in-law of cosmetics magnate

    Evelyn Lauder, 75, the daughter-in-law of cosmetics magnate Estee Lauder who helped create the pink ribbon symbol for breast cancer awareness, died Saturday at her Manhattan home of complications from nongenetic ovarian cancer, said Estee Lauder Cos. spokeswoman Alexandra Trower. She had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2007, years after battling breast cancer.
    Evelyn Lauder, 75, the daughter-in-law of cosmetics magnate Estee Lauder who helped create the pink ribbon symbol for breast cancer awareness, died Saturday at her Manhattan home of complications from nongenetic ovarian cancer, said Estee Lauder Cos....

    Tags: Companies and Corporations, Obituaries, Symbols and Symbolism, Human Interest, Ovarian Cancer

    3. Jun 6, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. How effective are skin products with DNA-repairing enzymes?

    The UV rays blasting down from the sun do more than burn your skin. They attack you right down to your DNA. That's why there's such a strong link between sun exposure and skin cancer.
    The UV rays blasting down from the sun do more than burn your skin. They attack you right down to your DNA. That's why there's such a strong link between sun exposure and skin cancer. If you could somehow repair the sun-damaged DNA in your skin, you...

    Tags: Chemicals, Companies and Corporations, Medical Specialization, Sun-Damaged Skin, Personal Service

    4. Jun 11, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Alan Rubin dies at 68; Blues Brothers trumpeter

    Trumpet player Alan Rubin was recruited to join the Blues Brothers after backing up John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the "Saturday Night Live" television skits that spawned the band in the late 1970s.
    Trumpet player Alan Rubin was recruited to join the Blues Brothers after backing up John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the "Saturday Night Live" television skits that spawned the band in the late 1970s. One of many gifted session musicians in the group,...

    Tags: Billy Joel, James Taylor, The Blues Brothers (movie), Human Accomplishments, Paul Simon

    5. Sep 11, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. PASSINGS: Larry Totah, Rita Bronowski, Thomas Guinzburg

    <b>LARRY TOTAH</b>
    LARRY TOTAH L.A. architect and designer Larry Totah, 55, a Los Angeles architect and designer who created the look of retail boutiques, restaurants, furniture and home furnishings, died Sept. 3 at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center. He had...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, BBC, Philip Roth, World War II (1939-1945), Diseases and Illnesses

    6. Dec 21, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Robert Mulligan dies at 83; directed 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

    Robert Mulligan, who was nominated for an Academy Award for directing the 1962 film classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," died Saturday at his home in Lyme, Conn. He was 83. Mulligan had heart disease, his nephew Robert Rosenthal said. The director began...

    Tags: Anthony Perkins, Sandy Dennis, Awards and Prizes, Film Festivals, Movies

    7. Jun 1, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Does Heliocare combat the sun's rays?

    Have you ever slathered on sunscreen but somehow managed to miss your nose? Or the back of your hand? Or the tops of your feet? You're not the only one. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, most people apply less than half of the optimal...

    Tags: Education, Sunburn, John Murray, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Health

    8. Jul 6, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Wallet stolen in 1982 found in NYC tree; $20 gone

    Money doesn't grow on trees, but a tree-care supervisor in New York City's Central Park found an old wallet inside a dead one. The blue leather wallet had been stolen by a pickpocket 27 years ago. It was found in the hollow of a dying cherry tree. It was...

    Tags: Central Park, Crimes, The Associated Press, Columbia University, Death

    9. Feb 18, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Oscillo may help, but not by much

    HOMEOPATHIC remedies, such as oscillococcinum, contain extremely dilute amounts of natural substances that, in large doses, cause the same symptoms in need of a cure. In the case of &quot;oscillo," as this unfortunately named French remedy is sometimes called, the natural substance is <i>anas barbariae</i>: extract of wild duck heart and liver.
    HOMEOPATHIC remedies, such as oscillococcinum, contain extremely dilute amounts of natural substances that, in large doses, cause the same symptoms in need of a cure. In the case of "oscillo," as this unfortunately named French remedy is sometimes called,...

    Tags: Medical Research, Flu, Drugs and Medicines, Common Cold, Liver

    10. Nov 30, 2006 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Promotions and appointments

    Times Staff Writer
    Cingular Wireless has named Andy Shibley vice president and general manager of the greater Los Angeles market. Arti Hurria, M.D., has been appointed director of the new aging and cancer research program at City of Hope. Schematic announced the addition of...

    Tags: Salem Communications Corporation, Management Change, Radio Industry, Diseases and Illnesses, Aging

    11. May 10, 2012 |Story| KWCH

  11. Wichita teen to host first Kids Walk for Kids with Cancer

    She survived cancer by the age of 10. Now at 16, Erin Whepley is helping other kids battling the disease.
    KWCH 12 Eyewitness News
    She survived cancer by the age of 10. Now at 16, Erin Whepley is helping other kids battling the disease. This weekend, the East High Junior is hosting Wichita's first ever Kids Walk for Kids with Cancer. Boxes are filling up the living room of the...

    Tags: Chemotherapy, Cancer, Human Interest, Health

    12. Apr 19, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  12. The Band's Levon Helm dies at 71

    Variety
    Levon Helm, the founding drummer of the Band who became a creative force in roots music and cherished Americana icon as a solo performer, died today at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York after a long battle with cancer. He was 71....

    Tags: Concerts, Forest Hills, Human Interest, Neil Young, Entertainment Events

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