Obituaries
In a career spanning more than half a century, he wrote or co-wrote hundreds of songs recorded by Eddy Arnold, Patsy Cline, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley and others.
July 16, 2010
Pop & Hiss
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Music
Hank Cochran dies at 74; country music songwriter
Sports
FIRST TEE 8:42: J.P.
March 1, 1997
California
Police listed William Hankins’s age as 51 after he was gunned down next to his Mercedes, in front of his ocean-view Pacific Palisades home, but he was really 44, his family insisted later--the mistake stemming from a bit of fiction that dated to his “dirt poor” youth, and determination to escape it.
Jan. 14, 1995
Attorney Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. said Saturday that he and other members of the O.J.
Sept. 25, 1994
A 16-year-old Simi Valley boy on a bicycle died of head injuries Wednesday when he was run over by a city bus, Simi Valley police said.
Aug. 21, 1987
Travel & Experiences
Older rock musicians shouldn’t have to “Hang Up Their Rock ‘n’ Roll Shoes,” to quote a song by Chuck Willis (“Hope I Play as I Get Old,” by Geoff Boucher, Feb. 24).
March 3, 2002
For a guy who’s been strumming the same battered, gash-topped guitar for decades, and who has a close encounter with a razor less frequently than we change Presidents, an interactive CD-ROM seems an awfully high-tech thing to do.
Nov. 18, 1996
Television
Cirque du O.J.: “Is Johnnie Cochran slick? He’s the Exxon Valdez.”
Sept. 29, 1995