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Pedro E. Guerrero dies at 95; fine arts photographer
Pedro E. Guerrero, a photographer whose early work with architect Frank Lloyd Wright sparked a long, distinguished career in the worlds of fine art and glossy magazines, died Thursday. He was 95. Guerrero died at his home in Florence, Ariz., said his...
Tags: Periodicals, Newspaper and Magazine, Architecture, Alexander Calder, Photography
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Susan Tyrrell dies at 67; actress an Oscar nominee for 'Fat City'
Susan Tyrrell, an eccentric, husky-voiced character actress best known for her Oscar-nominated supporting role as a blowsy barfly in director John Huston's 1972 movie "Fat City," has died. She was 67.
Tyrrell died Saturday at her home in Austin, Texas,...Tags: Academy Awards, John Huston, Abusive Behavior, Bette Davis, Andy Warhol
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Mike Wallace dies at 93; '60 Minutes' pioneer
As the self-described "black hat" of television's premier newsmagazine "60 Minutes," Mike Wallace crafted a persona of a probing reporter known for his often caustic questioning of sometimes reluctant guests on the program.
Beginning in 1968, as one of...Tags: Politics, Schizophrenia, Vladimir Horowitz, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Steve Kroft
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Peter Loughrey does pop-up blog for L.A. Modern's Dec. 11 sale
Culture MonsterHow did Philip Johnson solve the problem of lighting his glass house in New Canaan, Connecticut, which didn't have any exterior walls? He created with the help of lighting consultant Richard Kelly a standing floor lamp capped by a painted white TK... -
Mike Wallace: Newsman's death symbolizes passing of an era
Company TownMike Wallace: The veteran CBS newsman has died at 93. His tenacious style helped define a generation of journalists but that style is becoming increasingly rare.... -
Huguette Clark dies at 104; reclusive heiress
Huguette Clark, a copper tycoon's daughter with a taste for exquisite French dolls, baronial homes and solitude, has died. She was 104.
Clark, who preferred to be known as Madame Clark, died Tuesday at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City. She had...Tags: Wildlife, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Natural Resources, West Bank
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Monster Mash: Philip Johnson's Glass House needs repairs; Fisk U. students protest over art collection
Culture Monster-- Home improvement: The late architect Philip Johnson's Glass House compound in Connecticut is in need of repairs that are estimated to cost in the millions of dollars. (Bloomberg) -- Outraged: Students at Fisk University are protesting a plan that...... -
Stocks end sharply lower as oil hits two-year high
Money & CompanyU.S. stocks tumbled Tuesday, with major market indexes suffering their biggest losses in months, as fears of spreading unrest in the Middle East drove crude oil prices higher for a second day. The Dow Jones industrial average slumped 178.46 points,...... -
PASSINGS: Winston Spencer Churchill, Andrew Jaffe
Winston Spencer Churchill Grandson of British war leader Winston Spencer Churchill, 69, a former member of Parliament and grandson of Britain's wartime leader, died Tuesday at his London home. He had cancer. Churchill was a Conservative member of the...Tags: Politics, Parliament, United Kingdom, London (England)
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Let them eat caviar
TREY ELLIS is a screenwriter, novelist, essayist and an assistant professor at Columbia University."The moment has arrived for a battle that looks to most of the population like a battle among peers Â… but it also pits two highly distinct groups, the merely rich and the superrichÂ…. The richest are getting richer almost twice as fast as the rich." The...Tags: eBay Inc., Justice System, White House, Crime, Law and Justice, Donald Trump
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Breuer house a lesson on sales
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNEW YORK -- Artist David Diao says, "I was the beginning," and he doesn't mean it in a good way. First he bought a Marcel Breuer-designed house -- a novel home, for sure, designed around a sleek aluminium Spartan Trailer -- on 15 acres two hours upstate....Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Volleyball, Furniture, Real Estate, Chicago Real Estate
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