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As the Lakers' general manager, Newell, who retired from coaching at 44, brought Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to L.A. in 1975.
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Dr. Janet B. Hardy, a Johns Hopkins University pediatrics professor who led a pioneering study of mothers and children that provided a wealth of information on teen pregnancy, medical concerns and social issues, died Oct. 23 at a retirement community in Glen Arm, Md. She was 92 and had had a stroke. >>
Lois Medlock, a leading community activist who spent more than 50 years battling to preserve and improve her South Los Angeles neighborhood, has died. She was 82. >>
His drawings, paintings and essays poked fun at the rigidity of art world trends and interpreted human behavior in luscious, well-designed visual essays and narrative pieces. >>
Marques I. Knight had a tough childhood. As his sister, Summer, recalled, their parents died when they were both young in Alabama. >>
PASSINGS
Baird BryantHe worked on edgy films >>OBITUARY
He developed the mathematical framework to understand quake vibrations, leading to the implementation of more rigorous building standards nationwide. >>
David Shayt summed up his effect on the world in fewer than 100 words. >>
Dr. C. Harmon Brown, considered a pioneer in the fields of sports science and medicine, died of cancer Tuesday at his home in San Mateo, Calif., USA Track & Field said in a news release. He was 78. >>
William DoyleAccused of war atrocities >>Florence S. Wald, the former dean of the Yale University School of Nursing who brought hospice to the United States and in the process revolutionized the care of the terminally ill, died of natural causes Saturday at her home in Branford, Conn. She was 91. >>
Jody Reynolds, the 1950s rockabilly singer and songwriter whose one and only Top 10 hit, "Endless Sleep," was the first of a wave of melodramatic "teen tragedy" tales, died of liver cancer Nov. 7 in Palm Desert. He was 75. >>
Richard Shortway, a longtime publisher of the U.S. edition of Vogue magazine and a former senior executive at Conde Nast, died of cancer Monday at his home in Bel-Air, said his wife, Noreen. He was 84. >>
OBITUARIES
Jay Fiondella, the flamboyant owner of Chez Jay, the scruffy restaurant-bar he opened almost 50 years ago that became a Santa Monica landmark and something of a shrine to his exploits as an adventurer, has died. He was 82. >>
Mitch Mitchell, the drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s, has been found dead in his Oregon hotel room. He was 61. >>
Mae Mercer, a deep-voiced blues singer who spent much of the 1960s performing at a blues bar in Paris and touring Europe before launching an acting career back home in films and television, has died. She was 76. >>
Joe Hyams, a former Hollywood columnist and bestselling author of books ranging from biographies of Humphrey Bogart and James Dean to a popular tome on Eastern philosophy, has died. He was 85. >>
Abraham Woods, Jr; minister co- founded SCLC chapter
Abraham Woods Jr.Minister led civil rights sit-in >>Herb Score, the Cleveland Indians pitcher and former broadcaster whose promise on the mound was shattered by a line drive, died Tuesday at his home in Rocky River, Ohio, the team said in a statement. He was 75 and had needed a wheelchair since suffering a stroke in 2002. >>
Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who for more than half a century brought the intricate rhythms of her native land to millions of listeners around the world and whose role as a spokeswoman against apartheid subjected her to 31 years of exile, died early Monday after a concert in Italy. She was 76. >>
Elwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, the cunning left-handed pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the late 1940s and early '50s who was selected to four consecutive All-Star teams, died Sunday of colon cancer in West Plains, Mo., according to the Dodgers website. He was 92. >>
Bernard W. Rogers, a four-star general who introduced major reforms as Army chief of staff in the 1970s and who later was the top military commander of NATO, died Oct. 27 in Virginia after a heart attack. He was 87. After bringing changes in recruiting and training to an Army whose morale had been depleted by the Vietnam War, Rogers became the longest serving military chief in NATO's six-decade history. >>
Rosella Hightower, a prominent American Indian ballet dancer who rose to an illustrious career in the 1940s and 1950s and later started one of the premier dance schools in Europe, died overnight Nov. 3 at her home in Cannes, in the south of France. She was 88 and had had several strokes. >>
James C. Warf, a retired USC chemistry professor who became a peace activist after studying nuclear energy and the effects of radiation, died Friday at his home in Silver Lake. He was 91. >>
The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq: >>
G. Larry James, a middle-distance runner known as "The Mighty Burner" who employed his streaky speed to win gold and silver medals in track at the 1968 Summer Olympics, died of colon cancer at his home in Smithville, N.J., on Thursday, his 61st birthday. >>
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Robert H. Foote, the Cornell University researcher who pioneered the study of DNA synthesis in the testes, in vitro fertilization and other aspects of reproduction and who was the last surviving officer of World War II's famed "Go for Broke" 442nd Regimental Combat Team composed of Japanese Americans, died of lung failure in Ithaca, N.Y., on Oct. 27. He was 86. >>
Literary and cultural critic John Leonard, an early champion of Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and many other authors, and so consumed and so informed by books that Kurt Vonnegut once praised him as "the smartest man who ever lived," has died. He was 69. >>
Ahmed al-Mirghani, former president of Sudan, dies at 67 >>
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The writer and filmmaker, who was a Harvard-trained physician, also created the popular television series 'ER.' >>
Jheryl Busby, a music executive who led a revival of Motown Records while president and chief executive of the company from 1988 to 1995, was found dead Tuesday in a hot tub at his home in Malibu. He was 59. >>
Jimmy Carl Black, the original drummer in Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, a band that helped define the sub-genre of art rock, died of cancer Saturday. He was 70. >>
OBITUARIES
Philip M. Neal, the retired chairman and chief executive of Avery Dennison Corp. who was instrumental in driving the strategic focus of the Pasadena firm, has died. He was 68. >>
Cecil Stoughton, the White House photographer who shot the historic image of Lyndon Johnson taking the oath of office as president after John F. Kennedy was assassinated, has died. He was 88. >>
A memorial service for Earl W. Parks, the father of Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard C. Parks, will be held at 11:30 a.m. today at Holy Cross Cemetery, 5835 Slauson Ave., Culver City. Parks died Oct. 27 at age 87. >>
Retired Marine Corps Col. John W. Ripley, a Vietnam war hero who was awarded the Navy Cross for risking his life to blow up a strategic Highway 1 bridge that halted the advance of North Vietnamese troops and tanks during the 1972 Easter Offensive, has died. He was 69. >>
Ray Ellis, the versatile pop music arranger who wrote the charts for hits by the Four Lads, Bobby Darin, Connie Francis, Doris Day and Johnny Mathis, has died. He was 85. >>
John Daly, the British-born producer of 13 Oscar-winning movies including "Platoon" and "The Last Emperor," has died. He was 71. >>
He died at his home in suburban Atlanta from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say. >>
Long known as 'Mother Broadous,' she co-founded Pacoima's Calvary Baptist Church with her husband and led many community organizations. Six of her 10 children became Baptist ministers. >>
Robert H. Barrow, a former commandant of the Marine Corps who was decorated for heroism and recognized for reforms, died Oct. 30 at his home in St. Francisville, La. He was 86 and had heart and circulatory problems. >>
Breast-feeding rates had fallen to nearly 20% in the United States in 1956 when Betty Wagner Spandikow and six other mothers in suburban Chicago gathered around a kitchen table to share breast-feeding tips and offer one another advice and support. >>
Mireille MarokviaFrench author of war memoirs >>Jacques Piccard, a scientist and underwater explorer who plunged deeper beneath the ocean than any man had gone before, died Saturday, his son's company said. He was 86. >>
A memorial service for Patricia Faure, a prominent Los Angeles art dealer and personality, will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Samuel Freeman Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave. B7, Santa Monica. (310) 449-1479. Faure died Oct. 21 at the age of 80. >>
William R. Stall, a longtime staff member of the Los Angeles Times who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 2004, died Sunday at his home in Sacramento. He was 71. >>
The singer with a persona matching her exotic voice became an international sensation in the 1950s. >>
Marilyn Ferguson, the author of the 1980 bestseller "The Aquarian Conspiracy" and a galvanizing influence on participants in scores of alternative groups that coalesced as the New Age movement, died Oct. 19 at her home in Banning. She was 70. >>
For so long it was just the two of them in the two-bedroom town house in Grover Beach, near San Luis Obispo. Father and son watching action movies together, sharing homemade hamburgers with plenty of finadenefinadene sauce, a Guamanian staple. >>
The Rev. Louis H. Evans Jr., the organizing pastor of Bel Air Presbyterian Church who went on to lead the congregation of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., where Ronald Reagan worshiped while he was president, has died. He was 82. >>
The Chicago fixture used his knack for conversation to capture oral histories on World War II, the Great Depression and more. >>
William Wharton, an Expressionist painter who launched a new career as a novelist in his 50s and won an American Book Award for his first novel, "Birdy," has died. He was 82. >>
Gerald Arpino, who co-founded the acclaimed Joffrey Ballet and oversaw its move from New York to Chicago, died Wednesday at his home in Chicago. He was 85. >>
Fred Baron, a prominent Democratic fundraiser linked to the John Edwards mistress scandal, has died of cancer in Texas. He was 61. >>
P. Cameron DeVore, an attorney who helped establish the field of media law and was one of the first to successfully argue that advertising was a form of speech protected by the Constitution, died Sunday at his home on Lopez Island, near Seattle. He was 76. >>
Lauren Dombrowski'MADtv' writer and producer >>Katselas, who founded the Beverly Hills Playhouse acting school, counted George Clooney, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Pfeiffer and hundreds of others among his students. >>
Gerard DamianoDirector of the adult film 'Deep Throat' >>Es'kia Mphahlele, 88, a politically active South African writer celebrated for his vivid autobiography about the hardships of apartheid, died Monday at a hospital near his home in Lebowakgomo, in northern South Africa, family friend Raks Seakhoa told the Associated Press. >>
Estelle Reiner, 94, a singer, artist and actress known for her cameo role in her son Rob Reiner's 1989 film "When Harry Met Sally," died Saturday, her family announced. >>
Bestselling author Tony Hillerman began writing his contemporary mystery novels set in the Navajo region of the Southwest, in part, he once said, because "they have a fascinating religious philosophy and a lot of good values." >>
Delmar and his eight siblings acted in more than 1,000 films. He went to work for the L.A. Mirror in 1948 and later opened an archive of historical L.A. photos. >>
James W. BensonEntrepreneur founded space firm >>Enid Hart Douglass, who was largely responsible for developing the oral history program at Claremont Graduate University and led it for more than three decades, has died. She was 81. >>
Merl Saunders, a keyboardist best known for his collaborations with Grateful Dead front man Jerry Garcia, died Friday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco of complications from a stroke he had several years ago. Saunders was 74. >>
Harold "Hal" Kant, the Grateful Dead's longtime principal lawyer and corporate general counsel who spent more than three decades helping protect the legendary rock band's lucrative musical legacy, has died. He was 77. >>
As a timber faller, Bruno de Solenni labored through the spring and summer in groves of giant redwood, cedar and fir. As a soldier, he died in Afghanistan, and the tree trunks he sawed and milled became his coffin. >>
As a teenager, Army Pvt. Janelle F. King was a "Food Network guru" who could whip up hollandaise sauce over grilled salmon without even glancing at a recipe. >>
The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq: >>
Avraham Brian, an Israeli archaeologist whose three-decade dig at the ancient city of Dan in northern Israel yielded historical treasures including a fragment of a stone monument that provided the first known reference outside the Bible to the royal House of David, died Sept. 16 in Jerusalem, the Hebrew Union College and the Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem announced. He was 98. >>
After supervising construction of the Pentagon, Furman -- not yet 30 -- was tapped as chief of intelligence on the Manhattan Project, conducting spy missions, recovering uranium, questioning scientist >>
James E. ReillySoap writer created, led 'Passions' >>Patricia Faure -- a prominent Los Angeles art dealer and glamorous personality whose teenage dreams of movie stardom gave way to careers in modeling, fashion photography and, finally, the art business -- has died. She was 80. >>
Albert Boime, an art historian, educator and author who evaluated art in its social and political context for new insights into French Neo-Classicism, Impressionism and other prominent art movements of the last 250 years, has died. He was 75. >>
Dave McKenna, a master jazz pianist who embraced the music of the Great American Songbook in fashioning a strong career primarily as a solo artist, has died. He was 78. >>
Peter J. Levinson, a veteran music industry publicist who worked with some of the leading names of the big-band era and later wrote biographies of three of them, has died. He was 74. >>
Rudy Lugo, a teacher who coached football and wrestling at Canoga Park High School for many years, died Tuesday at his home in Canoga Park after a two-year battle with lung cancer. He was 60. >>
Sister EmmanuelleFrench nun lived among Cairo's poor >>Rudy Ray Moore, the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Rap" who influenced generations of rappers and comedians with his rhyming style, braggadocio and profanity-laced routines, has died. He was 81. >>
Dorothy Green, a leading environmental activist whose anger over the pollution of Santa Monica Bay spurred her to establish the grass-roots group Heal the Bay and head efforts to change water policy in California, died Monday at her Westwood home. She was 79. The cause was melanoma, according to her son, Joshua. >>
In the 1950s, the group helped drive the folk music revival that paved the way for such artists as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary. >>
The blue-eyed star of 'The Hustler,' 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' was at home. He had long battled cancer. >>
The physician 'completely transformed American understanding of chocolate' with the artisanal company he started with onetime patient John Scharffenberger in 1990. >>
APPRECIATION
Refusing to romanticize his nonconformist characters, the star put his sex appeal to complicated and fascinating use. >>
The Beverly Hills resident was one of the most vocal witnesses of the horrors of the Nazi reign, giving 2,500 talks in schools, colleges, churches and synagogues around the world. >>
His wife told Claremont police that the novelist and humorist who wrote 'Infinite Jest' hanged himself Friday night. He was 46. >>
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Notable: 2007
Among the major notables who passed from the scene this year, three of the most famous -- two masters of cinema and a genius of football -- died on the same day: July 30. A roll call of newsworthy figures who died in 2007. PHOTOS
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