Category Archives: Obituaries

Voices — Freddie Hubbard, 1938 – 2008

Posted on December 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Freddie Hubbard tells Leonard Feather: "I’ve worked very hard to get as far as I have. I think the turning point came when I toured in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in the early ’60s. Art spotlighted all his soloists, gave … Continue reading →

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Voices — Harold Pinter, 1930 — 2008

Posted on December 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

"Nearly all my work starts with an image, in the case of ‘Betrayal‘ an image of a man and a woman sitting in a pub (the opening shot in the film). One merges this image with one’s own observations and … Continue reading →

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Update: Bachelor farmer leaves fortune to waitress, 1982

Posted on December 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

The Times’ obituary on Dolores Moran, Feb. 8, 1982.

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Voices — Bettie Page, 1923 – 2008

Posted on December 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

    A Golden Age for a Pinup Bettie Page — Nurse Bettie, Jungle Bettie — soldiered in the sexual revolution. At 82, she finds her image earns a respectable living. March 11, 2006 By Louis Sahagun, Times Staff Writer … Continue reading →

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Case worthy of Agatha Christie — Martha Von Bulow

Posted on December 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Case of the comatose millionairess — all that’s missing is Hercule Poirot.   Martha Von Bulow found unconscious on bathroom floor.

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Voices — Nina Foch, 1924 – 2008

Posted on December 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Coach Foch Prepares Her Players 15 May 1986 CHARLES CHAMPLINTimes Arts Editor Acting is the most mysterious and contradictory art of them all. If you can see it, it’s not working. If it’s working, it looks "real," and even the … Continue reading →

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Stunt man dies in John Wayne film, December 6, 1958

Posted on December 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

  File this under quaint notions of the 1950s: Highway officials taking control of speeding cars and forcing them to slow down. U.S. moon launch fails. http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/k6UQe8Upiz1lVusxuj&related=1&canvas=mediumTHE HORSE SOLDIERS TRAILER At left, stuntman Fred Kennedy is killed when he takes … Continue reading →

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Voices — Odetta, 1930 – 2008

Posted on December 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Odetta at the Hollywood Bowl, 1961. I have to admit, Dean Jones on a bill with Odetta is not something I ever imagined. Versatile Odetta Found Her Folk Roots and a Message Music: Now she feels a necessity to perpetuate … Continue reading →

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Comedian dies during Friars roast, November 24, 1958

Posted on November 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Ozone in downtown Los Angeles reaches 0.49 parts per million, just short of a Stage 1 alert. Today, 0.50 would be a Stage 3 alert. Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller arrive in New York. Comedian Harry Einstein, 53, known as … Continue reading →

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November 12, 1958: Teenage hitchhiker killed

Posted on November 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

Daryle Kelch was one of the most popular seniors at William S. Hart High School. He had a good friend, Douglas Austin, and a girlfriend, Karen Deadmon. And he was a dependable boy, according to the eulogy delivered by the … Continue reading →

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Voices — Jay Fiondella

Posted on November 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Jay Fiondella sets off to look for World War II planes that crashed in Greenland. "My Holy Grail." "Adventure is out there."

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Sid Hughes dies at 50; the Daily Mirror mourns

Posted on November 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Sid Hughes, Los Angeles newsman. Sid Hughes, who owned the badge that is the Daily Mirror’s icon, worked at nearly every newspaper in Los Angeles: The Times, the Record, the Express, the Herald, the Examiner … Continue reading →

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Voices — Miriam Makeba, 1932 – 2008

Posted on November 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times ‘MAMA AFRICA’: Makeba’s evocative 2005 performance in Los Angeles connected powerfully with audience members. A spiritual experience South African singer Miriam Makeba’s last L.A. appearance (or is it?) is flowing with style … Continue reading →

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Yma Sumac, April 24, 1957

Posted on November 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Former Los Angeles Police Detective Fred Otash gets some rough treatment during a brawl at Yma Sumac’s home in 1957. By Jack Smith Singer Yma Sumac’s home yesterday was the scene of the champion brawl in Hollywood’s history–featuring the Peruvian … Continue reading →

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Voices — Michael Crichton, 1942 – 2008

Posted on November 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times Author Michael Crichton in Santa Monica in 2002 Michael Crichton ‘Rising Sun’ Author Taps Darkest Fears of America’s Psyche Sunday July 5, 1992 By T. Jefferson Parker, T. Jefferson Parker’s most recent … Continue reading →

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Box Set — Hank Williams

Posted on November 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Hank Williams’ obituary in The Times, Jan. 2, 1953 October 28, 2008 By Robert Hilburn More than a half century after his death, Hank Williams remains so revered as a songwriter that his gifts as a singer are often underappreciated. … Continue reading →

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Voices — Studs Terkel, May 17, 1987

Posted on October 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times Studs Terkel, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Oct. 23, 2001. Bewildered, Insecure, Cynical Studs Terkel on today’s troubled blue-collar worker By Stuart Silverstein,Times staff writer Chicago’s Studs Terkel, 75, is … Continue reading →

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Voices — Tony Hillerman, 1925 – 2008

Posted on October 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

On the Case With the Navajo Tribal Police A THIEF OF TIME by Tony Hillerman Photograph by Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times Mystery writer Tony Hillerman poses at the foot of Sandia Mountain near his home in Alburquerque, NM, … Continue reading →

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Voices — Ted Thackrey Jr.

Posted on October 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photographs courtesy of Morrie Mazur Times reporter Ted Thackrey Jr. in the early 1980s. Thackrey in The Times newsroom in the early 1980s. Note the old brown Coyote terminals we used to use. Note also that this is more or … Continue reading →

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Hollywood memories — Edie Adams

Posted on October 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Television loses one of its greatest artists: Ernie Kovacs. At left, Ernie Kovacs’ death left Edie Adams in financial straits. One way she recouped was by making ads for Muriel Cigars. After all, Kovacs was a famous cigar smoker (although … Continue reading →

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