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Henry Lozano, a political advisor and mentor to numerous Latino and Latina leaders in Los Angeles, died Monday at 85.
Ophthalmologist John Tanton became the unlikely architect of the modern-day anti-immigration movement in the United States through founding and funding propositions, nonprofits, activists and publications on a local and national level over the past 40 years.
L. Bruce Laingen was the top American diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran when it was overrun by Iranian protesters in 1979 and one of 52 Americans held hostage for more than a year
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the independent-minded jurist whose bright bow ties and courteous manner symbolized an old-fashioned style of integrity, died Tuesday after suffering a stroke a day earlier.
South African musician Johnny Clegg championed human rights in music that blended African tradition and Western rock for more than 40 years
Gloria Vanderbilt: 1934-2019
Gloria Vanderbilt experienced both loss and triumph on a grand scale.
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Gloria Vanderbilt experienced both loss and triumph on a grand scale.
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Fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt died Monday morning at age 95 of stomach cancer.
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Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the independent-minded jurist whose bright bow ties and courteous manner symbolized an old-fashioned style of integrity, died Tuesday after suffering a stroke a day earlier. He was 99.
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Bill Buckner played 22 major league seasons, including eight with the Dodgers and two with the California Angels.
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More Notable deaths
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William Dannemeyer, a former Orange County congressman who spent much of his career fighting gay rights and helped cement Orange County’s reputation as a bastion of right-wing conservatism, has died at his home in Thousand Palms.
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Rose Greene, a petite but mighty LGBTQ advocate who oversaw the creation and launch of one of the country’s largest HIV/AIDS fundraising events — a 545-mile bike ride along the coast of California that became a national model and a lasting symbol of unity, has died.
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Jerry Lawson, who for four decades was the lead singer of the eclectic cult-favorite a cappella group the Persuasions, has died in hospice care in Phoenix.
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Valentina Cortese, an Italian postwar actress who was nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar for her role as a fading diva in Francois Truffaut’s “Day for Night” but lost to Ingrid Bergman, died at her home in Rome on Wednesday.
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Johnny Kitagawa, a kingpin of Japan’s entertainment industry for more than half a century who produced famous boy bands including Arashi, Tokio and SMAP, has died.
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Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all book “Ball Four,” has died.
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Rip Torn, the maverick actor who received a late-in-life career boost — and won an Emmy Award — playing the caustic talk-show producer on Garry Shandling’s 1990s hit HBO comedy series “The Larry Sanders Show,” has died, according to the Associated Press.
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A diminutive billionaire from Texas with a salty personality and a public persona as a straight talker, H.
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John Giumarra Jr., a driving force in California’s grape industry who for years battled Cesar Chavez before relenting and signing a landmark contract with the United Farm Workers, has died of natural causes in Bakersfield.
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João Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound of the South American nation, died Saturday, his son said.
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Actor Arte Johnson, who won an Emmy for comedy sketch work on the television show “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” has died in Los Angeles.
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Ophthalmologist John Tanton became the unlikely architect of the modern-day anti-immigration movement in the United States through founding and funding propositions, nonprofits, activists and publications on a local and national level over the past 40 years.
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L. Bruce Laingen was the top American diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran when it was overrun by Iranian protesters in 1979 and one of 52 Americans held hostage for more than a year
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South African musician Johnny Clegg championed human rights in music that blended African tradition and Western rock for more than 40 years
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Rose Greene, a petite but mighty LGBTQ advocate who oversaw the creation and launch of one of the country’s largest HIV/AIDS fundraising events — a 545-mile bike ride along the coast of California that became a national model and a lasting symbol of unity, has died.
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Under his leadership, the Balboa Park landmark became a Tony Award-winning font of dramatic productions bound for Broadway.
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