Mark Peel helped introduce countless Los Angeles diners to farm-to-table dining.
Ann Willis Ratray dies at 81. After building a long list of stage and screen credits, she became a sought-after and beloved acting teacher.
The Rev. Richard Van Horn, a dogged advocate in California for people with mental illness and their families, dies at 81.
The death of John Paragon, who played Jambi the Genie on ‘Pee-Wee’s Playhouse’ and helped create ‘Elvira: Mistress of the Dark,’ recently went public.
Frank Bonner, who played a brash ad salesman with an affection for polyester plaid suits on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” has died at 79.
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Ronald J. Ostrow helped push The Times into the top ranks of Washington journalism.
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Zambia’s first president, Kenneth Kaunda, has died at 97.
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In a male-dominated industry, John Sacret Young hired women to help write and create the Vietnam War-era TV show ‘China Beach.’
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Writer Janet Malcolm wrote challenging critiques on a range of subjects — murder cases as well as journalism itself.
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The veteran journalist was a local fixture in TV news in the 1970s and 1980s as a reporter for CBS.
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Jack Weinstein also awarded millions to Vietnam vets who had been exposed to Agent Orange.
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Former Eight Tray Gangster Crip member’s memoir brought attention to the sobering truth of gang life in South L.A.
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‘Gone Girl’ actor Lisa Banes has died 10 days after being injured in a hit-and-run accident in New York.
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Grant’s career-best season helped the Minnesota Twins post a 102-60 record for a World Series spot. He also led the league with six shutouts in 1965.
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Ned Beatty, actor whose memorable first film role in 1972′s “Deliverance” launched him on a long and prolific career, has died.
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Using his wealth from his hit TV shows, Cramer became one of L.A.'s most visible and aggressive art collectors.
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Mark Peel helped introduce countless Los Angeles diners to farm-to-table dining.
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Sir John Mills, the Academy Award-winning actor and patriarch of one of Britain’s leading theatrical families, died Saturday.
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Chesnutt, who was paralyzed after a 1983 car crash, was known for creating poetic, melancholy music. He died from an intentional overdose of prescription muscle relaxants, a family spokesman said.
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Writer Janet Malcolm wrote challenging critiques on a range of subjects — murder cases as well as journalism itself.
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Mondale, known as Fritz, a pioneering vice president and a nimble ambassador to Japan, lost to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 presidential race.
