From Times staff and wire reports
Her credits included the 1949 John Wayne film 'Sands of Iwo Jima' and the TV shows 'Maverick' and '77 Sunset Strip.'
By Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times
His covers for "Conan" paperbacks and others in the 1960s set the standard for sword-and-sorcery-genre artwork.
By Dennis McLellan and Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times
Horne achieved a place in the pantheon of female jazz vocalists and broke ground in Hollywood as an African American star in the '40s. She also won acclaim on Broadway and as a cabaret performer.
By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times
The mayor's special assistant and friend since junior high was Bradley's 'eyes and ears' in the African American community. He also played a key role in the mayor's dealings with Washington.
Moshe Hirsch, U.S.-born anti-Zionist rabbi, dies at 86
Times staff and wire reports
Hickel was fired from his Interior post in late 1970 after sending President Nixon a letter critical of his handling of student protests after the deadly National Guard shootings at Kent State.
By Keith Thursby, Los Angeles Times
Aguabella, a sacred drummer of the Santeria religion, left Cuba in the 1950s. He performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Eddie Palmieri, Carlos Santana and the Doors.
By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times
The USC School of Music bears her name. Among her many activities, she was a member of the LA Opera board and helped establish its young artist program.
associated press
The opera star had an instantly recognizable voice and was wildly popular with audiences in her more than 30-year career at La Scala in Milan. She also sang with Metropolitan Opera 28 times.
By Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times
Yar'Adua took office in 2007 with an ambition of modernizing his nation and cleansing it of corruption. But his political weakness and persistently bad health left him unable to accomplish much.
Associated Press
As part of the 'Whiz Kids,' he led the Philadelphia Phillies to the 1950 National League pennant.
By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times
A founder of Intel, the billionaire donated lavishly to political causes and the arts. He was a key backer of L.A.'s first black mayor, Tom Bradley.
By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times
He invented and managed the White Room atop the launch tower where astronauts prepared for takeoff on the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Skylab projects.
By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times
His successes included companies that made E.T. dolls, video games and action figures.
By Keith Thursby, Los Angeles Times
The Hall of Famer spent 42 seasons with the team. Earlier, when he left the Brooklyn Dodgers for the New York Giants, he was succeeded by Vin Scully.
Angus Maddison, economist, dies at 83; Patricia Rico, women's track and field figure, dies at 76; Michael Pataki, actor, dies at 72; Don Guest, producer, dies at 75; Ron Fimrite, writer, dies at 79
L.A. County coroner has confirmed Lopez's gunshot death as a suicide.
By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times
'Child of whom nothing was really expected' was nominated for two Academy Awards and won two Golden Globes.
Danny Aiello III, stuntman, dies at 53; Ruth Nussbaum, Reform Jewish leader, dies at 98
Associated Press
She spoke the first words on the CBS soap opera when it premiered in 1956 and stayed with the show for 54 years. The network says she held the world record for time spent in the same role on TV.
By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times
Duffin won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his one-man show about the colorful Irish writer, which he also wrote.
Los Angeles Times staff and wire reports
A painter, draftsman and printmaker, Arikha became one of Israel's most important contemporary artists.
By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times
Ranney studied the blood disease in the early 1950s, when researchers knew virtually nothing about DNA. She later headed UC San Diego's department of medicine.
By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times
The Poland native also founded the 1939 Club, an organization of Holocaust survivors, and was a board member of the L.A. Museum of the Holocaust.
By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times
Miller, author of ‘The Drama of the Gifted Self and the Search for the True Self,’ wrote about the pervasiveness of child abuse and its lasting influence.