Obituaries
Pianist and cellist Fred Katz, who studied under Pablo Casals, was a high school dropout who scored Roger Corman films, backed Lena Horne and Tony Bennett, and taught college anthropology.
Sept. 14, 2013
Music
Lady Gaga showed up Thursday at Staples Center in a dazzling strapless gold lame cocktail dress and matching iridescent gold 4-inch high heels, her bleach blond hair swept smoothly over one shoulder as she took the stage with her recent duet partner, jazz-pop singer Tony Bennett, to sing Irving Berlin’s Great American Songbook standard “Cheek to Cheek.”
Feb. 6, 2015
Travel & Experiences
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett don’t let a 60-year age gap get in the way of good music.
March 5, 2015
TONY BENNETT “Steppin’ Out” Columbia * * 1/2 Accompanied only by the Ralph Sharon Trio, Bennett follows up last year’s hit collection of Frank Sinatra songs with a similarly minimalist approach to this set of works associated with Fred Astaire.
Dec. 19, 1993
Technology and the Internet
In another sign of a rocky corporate restructuring, MAI Systems Corp., Tustin, said Wednesday that Fred D.
May 2, 1991
Sports
Shane Conlan and Cornelius Bennett, a pair of first-round draftees who were linebacker phenoms in college, were sensational Sunday as the Buffalo Bills beat the New York Jets, 17-14.
Nov. 23, 1987
High School Sports
Al Bennett, a former assistant coach at El Camino Real High and Pierce College, will be his own boss for the first time after being named basketball coach at Birmingham High.
Sept. 7, 1989
Archives
Couple triumph over adversity to rebuild their operation near Piru in a big new way.
March 7, 2003
The last time the Pistons played for the NBA championship, they called Fort Wayne home, and when members of the original team weren’t on the court they were turning out truck pistons in Fred Zollner’s factory.
June 19, 1988
California
Political strategist Fred Gage, who abruptly resigned from supervisorial candidate Jim Monahan’s campaign two weeks ago, said Friday that he left because Monahan disregarded his advice on how to win in November, failed to account to him on campaign spending and was very disorganized.
Sept. 2, 2000