Greg Brown, a founding member of Sacramento alt-rock outfit Cake, has died. Friends honored the guitarist, who wrote the band’s enduring hit ‘The Distance.’

Jeanette Marantos, a Features reporter, died following an emergency heart issue. She helped educate readers about native California plants. She described her reporting as her own ongoing education.

The baseball player’s remarkable speed earned him spots on three championship teams, including the 2020 Dodgers.

The band announced Arnold’s death in a social media post, which said he had “helped redefine mainstream rock music, blending post-grunge accessibility with emotionally direct songwriting.”

Rapper Lil Jon’s son Nathan Smith was found dead Friday in a Georgia park pond after going missing Tuesday morning. The 27-year-old performed as DJ Young Slade.

Singer LaMonte McLemore has died at age 90. He was a founding member of the vocal group the 5th Dimension, which won six Grammy Awards for songs such as “Up, Up and Away” and “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In.”

One of the band’s three lead vocalists, Negron sang “One” and “Joy to the World,” among other hits.

X.J. Kennedy, a poet, author, translator and educator whose many awards include an Los Angeles Times Book Prize, has died at age 96.