Category Archives: Obituaries

Services for Theater Organist Bob Mitchell

Posted on July 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Daily Mirror fan Karie Bible of Film Radar reports the death of theater organist Bob Mitchell. Mitchell was a regular feature of the Los Angeles Conservancy's Last Remaining Seats series. He was quite frail at this year's event but … Continue reading →

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Robert S. McNamara — 1916 – 2009

Posted on July 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

Hoang Dinh Nam / AFP/Getty Images Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara meets with Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, the Vietnamese communist army commander during the war. Note: Former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara has died at the age of 93. The … Continue reading →

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Voices — Karl Malden, 1912 – 2009

Posted on July 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

Expressly, Karl Malden His pet project, the film academy's Center for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills, opens WednesdayJanuary 20, 1991 By JUDITH MICHAELSON, Judith Michaelson is a Times staff writer. At 76, his face is unlined, his cheeks are … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo: The Pico Adobe

Posted on June 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 30, 1939: Nuestro Pueblo visits the Pico Adobe. May 9, 1889: Pio Pico is back in court. Feb. 12, 1891: A Times editorial soliciting aid for Pico after his courtroom defeat. Today's Nuestro Pueblo sent me in search of … Continue reading →

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Michael Jackson: End of the Jacksons?

Posted on June 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 13, 1981: Michael Jackson tells Robert Hilburn that he's done touring with the Jacksons. "I sometimes feel like I should be 70 by now," Michael Jackson says. "Our parents did push us, but it wasn't against our will," Tito … Continue reading →

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Michael Jackson — Master of Marketing

Posted on June 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

Jan. 15, 1984: Michael Jackson as a master of marketing. "Jackson is assuredly not the innocent he's usually presumed to be."

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Michael Jackson in Victory Tour

Posted on June 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 9, 1984: Michael Jackson's Victory Tour: "Michael Jackson is passively aggressive, childishly macho, asexually passionate, dreamily realistic … The 25-year-old pop sensation is the living, dancing embodiment of an oxymoron … a figure of speech in which opposite or … Continue reading →

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Dog Attacks Actress — Koufax Sets Record

Posted on June 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 23, 1959: "Hello, Young Lady." Elaine Stewart said she was watching TV at the home of tenant Floyd Appel when his dog bit her on the lip. In 1963, she was awarded $4,500 in damages. At left, Irene Dunne … Continue reading →

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Sheriff’s Father Near Death

Posted on June 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 21, 1899: New bicycles cost $766.47 to $1,021.96, adjusted for inflation. The father of future Los Angeles County Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz is near death.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Faith

Posted on June 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 20, 1960: At a crusade in Washington, D.C., Billy Graham says that Americans are letting their souls "go to seed."

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He’s Not Dead Yet!

Posted on June 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 15, 1889: Father Damen is not dead, as was reported this afternoon.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Movie Star’s Property Auctioned

Posted on June 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 11, 1933: Walter Hiers, who died Feb. 27, 1933, He was 39.

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Body Left in Room While Sister Sobers Up

Posted on June 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 11, 1889: Louis Bejas dies and his sister is so drunk they take her out in the front yard and pour buckets of water over her to sober her up.

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Homeless Sleep in All-Night Theaters!

Posted on June 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

  "Norda Noll Slain" The Lugo Adobe on Gage Avenue. The Police Commission wanted to close all-night theaters but the council rejected the action amid debate over whether the city, county or state should care for the homeless who would … Continue reading →

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Libelous Mail … Mortality Report … Property Dispute

Posted on June 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 5, 1889

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David Carradine: Everybody should ‘take off their clothes and jump in a big pile’

Posted on June 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

"My solution for the world's ills is for everybody to take off their clothes and jump in a big pile…"  – David Carradine This article by the late David Carradine was published in The Times, Sept. 22, 1968 and was … Continue reading →

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Woman, 28, Has 13 Children!

Posted on June 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

"This Is Like a Spy Movie!" At the women's jail, "Conditions are terrible … Sixteen patients are being assigned to rooms designed to contain eight." (As Nathan noted, that's General Hospital, not the jail–thanks Nathan!). Sax Rohmer, creator of the … Continue reading →

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Woman, 24, Dies of Drugs and Alcohol

Posted on June 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 1, 1889: Linette Russell, 24, dies from drugs and alcohol.

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Profiles in History: Arlington National Cemetery

Posted on May 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press June 29, 2003: Marines march past the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. The marble in the monument has cracked because of exposure to weather. Hallowed Ground Arlington National Cemetery … Continue reading →

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Woman Tells of Being Shot by Stalker; Dodgers Beat Giants, May 23, 1959

Posted on May 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

"I'll Be Darned." "It was about dusk when my mother and I and my 5-year-old son, James H., returned from shopping. For months I had been living in fear for my life at the hands of Mr. Mason…." Customs agents … Continue reading →

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