Category Archives: Obituaries

End of Watch, Danny Galindo

Posted on April 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Don Cormier / Los Angeles Times Regular Daily Mirror readers will be familiar with Detective Danny Galindo, who died Tuesday at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. Here he is in 1963, taking the part of Karl Hettinger, center, … Continue reading →

Posted in LAPD, Obituaries | Comments Off on End of Watch, Danny Galindo

Voices – Jaime Escalante, 1930 – 2010

Posted on March 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

   July 21, 1983: Jaime Escalante once worked as a busboy at a Pasadena coffee shop because he didn’t speak English.

Posted in Education, Obituaries | 1 Comment

Voices – June Havoc, 1912 – 2010

Posted on March 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

Jan. 5, 1981: “This is what I wanted since I was 3,” June Havoc says of her home in Connecticut.

Posted in Film, Obituaries, Stage | Comments Off on Voices – June Havoc, 1912 – 2010

Voices — ‘Howlin Mad’ Smith

Posted on March 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

March 21, 1960: Jack Smith profiles retired Gen. Holland Smith, who died in 1967 at the age of 84. 

Posted in Jack Smith, Obituaries | Comments Off on Voices — ‘Howlin Mad’ Smith

Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on March 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Los Angeles Times file photo Update: This is Anne Nagel in a publicity photo stamped Sept. 17, 1936.   July 8, 1966: Anne Nagel dies of cancer at the age of 50.     Just a reminder on how … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Obituaries, Suicide | 28 Comments

Ron Milner, March 19, 1980

Posted on March 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

  March 19, 1980: Lawrence Christon reviews Ron Milner’s “Season’s Reasons,” which he calls “a state of the black union address." "Much of the play emphasizes how little American racial attitudes have improved," Christon says.  Milner died in July 16, … Continue reading →

Posted in Countdown to Watts, Obituaries, Stage | Comments Off on Ron Milner, March 19, 1980

Voices – Alex Chilton

Posted on March 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 16, 1985: "Having a band is a very difficult thing, especially if you're not making a whole lot of money,” Alex Chilton tells Don Snowden. 

Posted in Obituaries, Rock 'n' Roll | Comments Off on Voices – Alex Chilton

Dinosaur Expert Roy Chapman Andrews Dies

Posted on March 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

  March 12, 1960: Roy Chapman Andrews is not an author I think about very often anymore, but he wrote one of the favorite books of my childhood, “All About Dinosaurs.” I suppose he’s one reason I took all those … Continue reading →

Posted in books, broadcasting, Film, Hollywood Division, Obituaries, Sports | Comments Off on Dinosaur Expert Roy Chapman Andrews Dies

Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 5, 1960

Posted on March 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

Leonard Warren, 1911-1960 Telephone Girls Belie Propaganda       I'm a client, reasonably well paid up, of Pacific Telephone Co.  And I'd like to assure you that my complaint is nothing personal.       In fact, over the years, I've … Continue reading →

Posted in #courts, #opera, classical music, Columnists, Environment, Homicide, Obituaries, Paul Coates | Comments Off on Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 5, 1960

Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on February 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Los Angeles Times file photo Update: Our mystery fellow is Daniel Frohman, shown above left with Pola Negri and Jesse Lasky  in a photo dated Oct. 8, 1922. This week’s mystery fellow is the man on the left … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Obituaries, Photography | 20 Comments

Charles Lane, the Classic ‘Stinker’

Posted on February 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

     Feb. 23, 1980: The Times profiles character actor Charles Lane (d. 2007). “The great old days, a lot of them, stunk,” he says. Lane also says Frank Capra “is the most talented man we ever had.”

Posted in Film, Hollywood, Obituaries | 1 Comment

Voices — Alexander Haig, 1924 – 2010

Posted on February 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

"As of now, I am in control here in the White House pending return of the vice president and (I am) in close touch with him." — Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr.,on the transfer of power after the … Continue reading →

Posted in Obituaries, Politics | 2 Comments

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 13, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 13, 1951: Edith Head, the Paramount designer, says: "I don't know why I'm so happy these days unless it's because I've found a waist smaller than Veronica Lake's." The 21 1/2-inch waist belongs to Jan Sterling, Hedda Hopper … Continue reading →

Posted in Columnists, Film, Hollywood, Obituaries | Comments Off on A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Recalling the Days of Payola

Posted on February 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

  I was  "blown away" today to see my dad on the front page of the Mirror News. My dad, Norm Prescott, was a big DJ in Boston and New York. We all moved to Los Angeles in 1966. The … Continue reading →

Posted in broadcasting, Film, Hollywood, Obituaries | Comments Off on Recalling the Days of Payola

Stuntman Dies in Fall From Plane

Posted on February 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

  “The Days of Real Sport,” by Clare Briggs. Feb. 6, 1920: A ghastly story. Stuntman Earle (or Earl) Burgess  dies after performing stunts on the wing of a plane. He was clinging to the left landing skid when he … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Film, Hollywood, Obituaries | 1 Comment

Mystery Photo

Posted on February 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo Update: This is Blossom Seeley and Benny Fields in a photo stamped July 8, 1923. Their lives were made into the 1952 film “Somebody Loves Me” with Betty Hutton and Ralph Meeker. Aug. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Food and Drink, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Obituaries, Photography, Stage | 17 Comments

‘Queen for a Day’ Host Jack Bailey Dies

Posted on February 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 3, 1980: Al Martinez wrote a very clever obituary on TV host Jack Bailey, who died at the age of 72.

Posted in Columnists, Hollywood, Obituaries, Television | Comments Off on ‘Queen for a Day’ Host Jack Bailey Dies

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on January 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 16, 1942: Carole Lombard delivers a speech in Indianapolis in a rally to sell war bonds. Jan. 17, 1942: Lombard is killed on the flight returning to Los Angeles.  Jan. 31, 1942: Norman Corwin turned down an opportunity … Continue reading →

Posted in Columnists, Film, Front Pages, Hollywood, Obituaries | Comments Off on A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Matt Weinstock, Jan. 30, 1960

Posted on January 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

Rewarding Experience     Ad executive Henry Mayers and his wife came home from a trip to southeast Asia about a year ago appalled by the deluge of printed propaganda they saw extolling communism and attacking this country.     To help … Continue reading →

Posted in Columnists, Comics, Film, Hollywood, Homicide, Matt Weinstock, Obituaries | Comments Off on Matt Weinstock, Jan. 30, 1960

Chief Says He Was Misquoted on Latinos

Posted on January 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

 Two youths are questioned in the killing of honor student Leonard Moore. Former homicide Detective Aldo Corsini dies at the age of 65. He handled many gruesome ax murders and poisonings of the 1930s and early 1940s and as an … Continue reading →

Posted in Homicide, LAPD, Obituaries | 1 Comment