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Patricia Bosworth, an actor who went on to chronicle lives including Jane Fonda’s, Marlon Brando’s and her own, died from coronavirus. She was 86.
Henry Gonzalez was the first elected Latino official in South Gate and fought corruption in City Hall
Bill Withers, known for acoustic soul hits “Lean on Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” died Monday of heart complications, his family said Friday.
Jeff Grosso, a skateboarder from Arcadia who rose to the greatness in the 1980s before falling to the depths of despair and making a comeback, died Tuesday at 51.
Anwar, who had leukemia, struggled to find a donor match, underscoring the frustratingly high odds that people of South Asian descent face in such an endeavor.
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Actor Orson Bean, local theater mainstay who rose to fame as a 1950s TV personality, dies at 91. -
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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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Ed Farmer, a former All-Star relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox who later spent 29 seasons as a radio broadcaster for the team, died Wednesday.
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Ellis Marsalis, jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical family that includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford, has died. He was 85.
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Adam Schlesinger, cofounder of “Stacy’s Mom” rock band Fountains of Wayne and songwriter for film and television, died from complications related to COVID-19. He was 52.
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DePaola wrote or illustrated more than 270 children’s books, sold nearly 25 million copies and had his books translated into more than 20 languages.
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The Mexican immigrant, who arrived in the 1950s, was ‘possibly one of the best organizers that I have ever known, male or female,’ an activist noted.
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Alan Merrill, who co-wrote the Joan Jett hit “I Love Rock and Roll” for his own band in 1975, died Sunday in New York of coronavirus complications.
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Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who was inspired by Jerry Lewis, died from the coronavirus infection, becoming Japan’s first known celebrity victim.
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Veteran Broadway actor, best known for playing Roy Biggins on “Wings,” has died in New York at 73.
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Joe Diffie, a country music star who enjoyed a career high in the 1990s, died Sunday of complications from COVID-19.
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Edward Howard saw hygiene as a civil rights issue and a matter of treating homeless people with dignity.
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Singer-songwriter Jan Howard has died at 91
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Anwar, who had leukemia, struggled to find a donor match, underscoring the frustratingly high odds that people of South Asian descent face in such an endeavor.
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Judy Garland, who paid a tragic price for the life of the show-business superstar, died in London Sunday.
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Bill Withers, known for acoustic soul hits “Lean on Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” died Monday of heart complications, his family said Friday.
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Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times restaurant critic who richly chronicled the city’s vast culinary landscape and made its food understandable and approachable to legions of fans, has died.
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Henry Gonzalez was the first elected Latino official in South Gate and fought corruption in City Hall
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Yvonne De Carlo, a sultry actress who played Moses’ wife in the 1956 epic “The Ten Commandments” but achieved wider fame as the vampirish wife and mother in “The Munsters” on television, has died.
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Elyse Knox dies at 94; B-movie actress in the 1940s
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