High and low society

CHILDREN, PARENTS OR OTHER KIN

Daughter of Broadway entertainer and singer Pearl Bailey and jazz drummer Louie Bellson who went on to craft her own singing career.

Danish physicist and Nobel Prize winner whose father, Niels, also won a Nobel Prize

Oldest surviving child of film legend Charlie Chaplin who had his own acting career, earning a Tony Award for starring in the 1950s musical "Bells Are Ringing."

Former personal physician to Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko and father of actress Glenn Close played a key role in halting 1976 outbreak of Ebola virus.

Literature professor who was the father of actor Nicolas Cage and brother of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire.

Daughter of Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren who was a socialite in Washington and New York.

Nephew of Walt Disney who mounted revolts that led to the unseating of two of the company's chief executives and a revival of the studio's legendary animation unit.

Sister of O.J. Simpson who collapsed after her brother was sentenced to prison.

Grandson of Sigmund Freud was writer, politician and well-known personality on British radio.

Chairman of Gallup Organization, the opinion poll started by his father.

Greyhound bus driver transported Dodgers to spring training games and was father of L.A. star Steve Garvey.

Fisheries biologist who was the son of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, of suicide.

Actor and eldest son of "Little House on the Prairie" star Michael Landon.

Philanthropist who was the last surviving great-grandchild of pharmaceutical magnate Eli Lilly.

Father and longtime manager of country singer Barbara Mandrell.

Actor son of Joel McCrea who appeared in westerns and was a regular cast member of the popular "Beach Party" movies.

Only child of Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian Dr. Albert Schweitzer, who carried on his medical missionary work in Africa.

Actress daughter of Vanessa Redgrave dies in New York hospital two days after suffering brain injuries in ski accident.

Jazz musician who was daughter of noted pianist and composer Jimmy Rowles

Father of the late "Meet the Press" moderator Tim Russert and the inspiration for his son's bestselling book about their relationship

Son of actor John Travolta and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, died of seizure.

CRIMINALS

American Indian activist who was acquitted of killing two FBI agents in a 1975 shootout in South Dakota.

California's longest-serving female inmate, she was involved in one of modern history's most shocking crimes -- the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders that terrorized Los Angeles.

A Cuban-born CIA operative who participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion and was later a Watergate burglar.

First inmate to use a federal civil rights law to sue for DNA testing that not only cleared him of a Louisiana rape conviction but also sent his brother to prison for the same crime.

Author and former producer specialized in writing about celebrity court cases.

Leader of a Ku Klux Klan chapter in North Carolina that was involved in a deadly 1979 clash with members of the Communist Workers Party.

Cook County state's attorney in Illinois whose political career was ruined when Chicago police assigned to his office killed two members of the Black Panther Party in 1969.

In 1987 became Alabama's first Republican governor since Reconstruction but then was removed from office for a criminal conviction.

Reputed Russian crime boss who spent nearly 10 years in a U.S. prison, died two months after being shot by an unidentified sniper.

Leading human rights figure whom serial killer Ted Bundy sought out to be his spiritual counselor on death row.

Former Black Panther convicted of murder later led successful program to rehabilitate ex-cons.

Red Army veteran charged with genocide in Estonia.

Orange County man was convicted of poisoning his wife in riveting trial.

Convicted of drunk driving in a 1989 crash that killed ex-New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers manager Billy Martin.

Interpreter for American prosecutors at the Nuremberg war crimes trials.

Chicago homicide detective who played a leading role in the case that resulted in the capture and prosecution of mass murderer Richard Speck.

Maryland socialite whose fatal beating of a black barmaid was recounted in Bob Dylan's 1964 folk song "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll."

Stern Gang member and mastermind of assassination of UN diplomat during Israel's fight for independence.

IMAGE MAKERS

Ocean Pacific chief helped shape surf wear industry.

President of the Tournament of Roses Assn. for the 2010 Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game.

Dutch photojournalist who covered the Vietnam War and recorded the most famous image of the fall of Saigon in 1975 -- a group of people scaling a stairway to a CIA helicopter on a rooftop.

Actress and pop icon starred in "Charlie's Angels" and was famous for swimsuit poster.

Co-founded Gap clothing chain.

Child model for Daisy air rifle was later a U.S. diplomat.

World War II veteran designed iconic POW/MIA flag.

Legendary King of Pop transcended boundaries.

Photographer shot Marilyn Monroe when she was 19.

Model who pitched Winston cigarettes and later sued tobacco industry, dies of throat cancer.

Entrepreneur whose TapouTÖ clothing line capitalized on the emerging sport of mixed martial arts, killed in car crash.

Hollywood publicist who represented stars such as Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller and Robert Goulet during his more than 50 years in the business.

Infomercial pitchman became cultural phenomenon.

Academy Awards "keeper of the Oscars"

A grand master of American fashion photography whose "less is more" aesthetic, combined with a startling sensuality, defined a visual style that he applied to such varied subjects as designer dresses, cigarette butts and cosmetics jars.

Self-styled cowboy who wrangled horses for Hollywood and turned his Malibu ranch into a faux western town for location photography.

Orange County art scene doyenne

Co-founded a women's clothing store with her husband in 1947 and oversaw its growth into a catalog powerhouse and retail chain.

Muse to French sculptor Aristide Maillol and model for painters Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard.

He created enduring images of film stars, including his muse Audrey Hepburn, and jazz musicians.

Painter whose durable and realistic scenes of rural Pennsylvania and Maine made him one of America's best loved artists.

PHILANTHROPISTS

Oxnard rancher and philanthropist who was a major supporter of California State University Channel Islands.

Children's advocate, philanthropist and arts leader in Los Angeles.

Detroit Pistons' Hall of Fame owner and noted philanthropist.

Leading philanthropist co-founded Music Center and aided in building Disney Concert Hall.

Los Angeles philanthropist was Medici for contemporary composers.

Philanthropist who helped establish a UCLA Medical Center program to provide reconstructive plastic surgery to soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Orange County developer, financier and philanthropist.

Philanthropist and human rights activist whose family real estate firm helped develop Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade and preserve the Helms Bakery building.

Founding trustee of Pitzer College and local philanthropist.

Philanthropist helped establish UC San Diego.

Influential L.A. developer and philathropist.

Executive director of the western district of the Jewish fraternal organization B'nai B'rith.

A former Los Angeles-based leader of the savings and loan industry and a philanthropist who was a major donor to UC Irvine.

Philanthropist endowed a chair at the university's Rossiter School of Education.

Philanthropist, musicologist and devoted champion of Polish classical music who co-founded the Polish Music Center at USC.

RESTAURATEURS

Executive chef at fabled restaurant the Four Seasons in New York.

Founder of Washington diner Ben's Chili Bowl, landmark in local black district

"Tomato King" made a fortune in America as an illegal immigrant and returned home to hold office in Mexico.

Businessman invented the Quarter Pounder during his long career with McDonalds.

Innovative restaurateur who helped bridge the gap between fast food and fine dining with his casual chains Chili's, Bennigan's and Steak & Ale.

Leader of family pie business helped make Marie Callender's a household name in Southern California.

Chef-owner of Julienne, a French-inspired bistro and neighborhood mainstay of San Marino.

Pioneered yogurt in America in the early 1940s.

Engineer-turned-consumer advocate whose campaign against sugary cereals led manufacturers to disclose and improve the nutritional value of their products.

L.A. restaurateur was fourth husband of Doris Day.

Flamboyant chef who became a TV star in Britain.

Antiquarian bookseller who specialized in tomes about food and wine.

French winemaker who helped raise awareness of such Alsatian varietals as Riesling and Gewurztraminer.

Nutritionist with a no-nonsense approach to eating right.

Co-founder of L.A.'s legendary Onyx Cafe, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

French pastry maker known for his innovative desserts.

"Silver Palate" cookbook author revolutionized cooking by popularizing gourmet dishes.

Owner of Marino Ristorante served unpretentious Neapolitan-style Italian cuisine for nearly 50 years.

Retired chairman of the meat-processing company that bears his name

Beverly Hills restaurateur.

Owner of New York's famous Carnegie Deli.

Owned Panchitos Restaurant in San Gabriel.

Longtime Los Angeles nightclub owner, hotel executive and restaurateur.

Owned restaurant-saloon The Old Place in Agoura in 1969 that reflected an Old West that had long disappeared.

Armenian ambassador to Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia from 2000 to 2005, who earlier co-owned Remi restaurant in Santa Monica.

Founding member of farming partnership Tanimura & Antle Fresh Foods.

Sonoma County grape grower produced some of the first vineyard-designated wines in California.

SCANDAL

Former Iranian Interior Minister who was dismissed after being accused of faking a law degree from the University of Oxford.

Former South Korean president embroiled in a penetrating corruption investigation, leaped to his death.

Los Angeles city councilman who resigned in the 1970s, days after coming under fire for taking a trip to Mexico funded by billboard companies with a vested interest.

Aide to Sen. Thomas J. Dodd accused his boss of impropriety and led to Senate censure.

The accused O.C. financier faced fraud charges. His wife's murder case raised questions of his possible ties to a Taiwanese triad.

Mega-church leader who rose to fame with his progressive evangelical ministry only to have it all crumble after a series of sex scandals.

Philanthropist accused of profiting by more than $7 billion from the investment schemes of his longtime friend Bernard Madoff.

Politician who briefly served as Thailand's prime minister but was ousted for simultaneously getting income as the host of a popular TV cooking show.

Key figure in the 1980s savings and loan scandal, jumped to his death.

Former bishop of Santa Rosa diocese resigned after another priest filed a lawsuit accusing Ziemann of sexual misconduct.

SPOUSE

Major patron of the arts, science and education who was the billionaire widow of publishing magnate Walter Annenberg.

Blacklisted actress was married to Gene Kelly and starred with Ernest Borgnine in "Marty."

Married to actress Janet Leigh for 42 years, helped raise her daughters Kelly Curtis and Jamie Lee Curtis.

The widow of actor Lloyd Bridges and the mother of actors Beau and Jeff.

L.A. restaurateur was fourth husband of Doris Day.

Conservative political activist and philanthropist and the ex-wife of brewery magnate Joseph Coors.

Actress who gave up her career (her professional name was Jane Bryan) to marry Justin Dart, the kingmaker who helped persuade Ronald Reagan to enter politics.

Dancer and actress who was the widow of Rat Pack singer and dancer Sammy Davis Jr.

Sept. 11 widow who became one of the most visible faces in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, died in plane crash near Buffalo, N.Y.

Wife and collaborator of economist Milton Friedman.

Wife of hockey great Gordie Howe and one of the first female sports agents.

Husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

Collaborator with her husband Christo in creating massive environmental works of art.

Actress who won an Academy Award for "The Song of Bernadette" and who was married to two legendary men -- producer David O. Selznick and industrialist and art collector Norton Simon.

Ex-lover of Rock Hudson won multimillion-dollar settlement from Hudson's estate.

Her claims as the onetime live-in girlfriend of actor Lee Marvin led to a landmark ruling that established the legal concept of palimony.

Arts patron and wife of TRW co-founder Simon Ramo.

Wife of blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo

Former first lady of Alabama.

Coaxed her husband, Caspar W. Weinberger, into politics and wrote and published children's books.

Muse, model and last wife of art photographer Edward Weston.

Wife of comedian Jonathan Winters urged him to enter amateur talent contest.

VICTIM

Artist sought the return of her work forced to complete as concentration camp prisoner

Former head of American University of Beirut who was kidnapped by extremists during Lebanon's civil war.

Sept. 11 widow who became one of the most visible faces in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, died in plane crash near Buffalo, N.Y.

Atlanta-based rapper who used the stage name Dolla, fatally shot in the valet waiting area of the Beverly Center mall.

Shot-putter who won bronze medal at 1984 Olympics, shot to death by prowlers at Oxnard home.

Former NFL quarterback who was named co-most valuable player in 2003, shot to death by girlfriend.

Philosophy professor at Pomona College made headlines for forgiving mentally ill student who had stabbed him in the neck.