Gordon Fields; Restaurant Owner, Sports Enthusiast

Gordon Fields, 76, restaurateur and sports enthusiast who was considered the Toots Shor of Los Angeles. Fields founded the HMS Bounty in the Wilshire district in 1962 when he was already known for the now-defunct Bull ‘n Bush. He built that sports and celebrity hangout in 1956 at 6th Street and Kenmore Avenue and ran it until 1985. Akin to Shor, his counterpart in New York, Fields lined the English-style Bull ‘n Bush with signed track shoes, riding boots, footballs and other memorabilia from his customers, especially the former Los Angeles Rams. Fields attended the Kentucky Derby annually and most Los Angeles sports events, and provided buses for restaurant customers to any game in town big enough to hire a referee. Actor Jack Webb was a regular Bull ‘n Bush customer, once telling a Times food critic that he always went there because he liked the food. Fields served a full Thanksgiving dinner at the Bull ‘n Bush for $1.95, an act of kindness for his steady clientele. He had been an Army Air Corps captain during World War II and flew 36 missions over Europe as a bombardier-navigator. On Oct. 18 in Los Angeles.

Adm. John J. Hyland; Commanded Pacific, 7th Fleets

Retired Adm. John J. Hyland, commander of both the Pacific Fleet and 7th Fleet during the Vietnam War. Hyland became a Navy flier in 1937 and helped defend the Philippines and Dutch East Indies during World War II. After the war, he served as a test pilot and commanded sea and air forces. In 1965, he commanded the 7th Fleet in Southeast Asia, and two years later he took over the Pacific Fleet, based at Pearl Harbor. After retiring in 1971, Hyland was elected to the Naval Aviation Hall of Honor in Pensacola, Fla. On Sunday in Honolulu.