Bowling legend Don Carter dies at 85
The bowling-alley entrepreneur popularized the sport on television, and won every major title.
View ArticleRuben S. Ayala, known as maverick when Calif. senator, dies at 89
Former California Sen. Ruben S. Ayala, a scrappy Democrat from Chino who fought for a controversial water project and helped create the California Conservation Corps during a legislative career that...
View ArticlePioneering architect Anne Tyng dies at 91
Anne Tyng, a pioneering woman architect whose ideas about geometry influenced Louis Kahn's buildings and who later had a child with him, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, in Greenbrae, Calif. She was 91, said her...
View ArticleFrederica Sagor Maas, silent film screenwriter, dies at 111
One of the last links to the silent film era, Frederica Sagor Maas wrote the script for 1925's "The Plastic Age," which launched actress Clara Bow. But she watched in horror as her serious treatment on...
View ArticleRicardo Legorreta, Mexican modernist architect, dies at 80
Ricardo Legorreta, the architect who introduced Mexican modernism to a global audience and who brought his crisp, brightly colored aesthetic to downtown Los Angeles with a controversial 1993 redesign...
View ArticleConservative commentator Tony Blankley dies at 63
Tony Blankley, a conservative author and commentator who served as press secretary to Newt Gingrich during the 1990s, when Republicans took control of Congress, has died. He was 63.
View ArticleTony Blankley, press secretary to Speaker Gingrich, dies at 63
Tony Blankley, who gained notoriety as press secretary for Newt Gingrich during the Republican takeover of Congress in the 1990s and later as a conservative commentator on radio and television, has...
View ArticleRaymond L. Johnson Sr., lawyer, civil rights activist, dies at 89
Raymond L. Johnson Sr., an attorney, civil rights activist and former Tuskegee Airman, died Dec. 31 in Los Angeles of complications of pneumonia and heart failure, said his wife, Evelyn. He was 89.
View ArticleIsrael Baker, renowned violinist, dies at 92
As concertmaster for the orchestra that recorded the soundtrack for the movie "Psycho," classical violinist Israel Baker helped create a piece of pop culture that is regarded as one of Hollywood's most...
View Article'Dancing With the Stars' producer dies at 47
Richard Hopkins, a British television producer who helped bring "Dancing With the Stars" to the United States, has died. He was 47.
View ArticleAndrew Viglucci, ex-San Juan Star editor, dies
Andrew Viglucci, the longtime editor of Puerto Rico's San Juan Star and an early colleague of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist William Kennedy, has died. He was 84.
View ArticleBulgarian pianist Alexis Weissenberg dies at 82
Bulgarian-born French pianist Alexis Weissenberg, whose love of music from the age of 3 saved him and his mother from a World War II concentration camp and carried him to the heights of performances...
View ArticleRetired San Juan Star editor Andrew Viglucci dies
Andrew Thomas Viglucci, longtime editor of The San Juan Star, died Saturday from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.
View ArticleNational radio: Guinea-Bissau president dies
President Malam Bacai Sanha, who was elected in this tiny, coup-prone nation on Africa's western coast about two years ago after the previous leader was assassinated, died Monday in Paris after a...
View ArticleFrench actress Denise Darcel dies at 87
Denise Darcel, the French-born actress known for vampy roles in such films as "Vera Cruz" and "Thunder in the Pines," has died. She was 87.
View ArticleNJ Assembly's GOP leader dies at Statehouse
New Jersey Republican Assembly leader Alex DeCroce, credited by Gov. Chris Christie with helping him get his start in politics, died suddenly in the Statehouse as the legislative session was wrapping...
View ArticleHarrison Smith, retired newspaper publisher, dies
In his newspaper career, Harrison Harvey Smith covered it all, from the surrender of Japan to personal columns about raising five daughters.
View ArticleTop IRS criminal investigator from Miami dies after workout
Julio La Rosa’s rapid ascent from criminal investigator in South Florida to senior director at IRS headquarters in Washington, D.C., suddenly ended last week when he died of a suspected...
View ArticlePuerto Rico pioneer female singer dies at 92
Ruth Fernandez, a pioneer Puerto Rican singer who broke racial and gender barriers and was later elected a senator for the U.S. territory, has died. She was 92.
View ArticleLloyd Arnold, who helped revive harness racing in California, dies at 83
Lloyd Arnold, the former co-owner of Los Alamitos Race Course who helped revive harness racing in Southern California in the 1980s, died Sunday in La Quinta, Calif. He was 83 and had cancer.
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