W.I.B. Crealock dies at 89; yacht designer and author

Luis Villalobos dies at 70; founded Orange County investment group

Luis Villalobos, who founded Tech Coast Angels, an Orange County angel investment group that expanded throughout Southern California to become one...

Laura Mae Gross dies at 89; club owner

Laura Mae Gross, a strong-willed Mississippi woman who came to the West Coast and founded a club that became a staple of Los Angeles' blues scene,...

Mimi Weddell dies at 94; the subject of 'Hats off'

With her perfect diction, cigarette holder and flamboyant yet elegant sense of fashion -- hats, scores of them in various styles, were her trademark...

Lee N. Robins dies at 87; pioneer in field of psychiatric epidemiology

Lee N. Robins, who pioneered the field of psychiatric epidemiology, which looks at the roots of abnormal behavior, and who played a key role in...

Alain Bernheim dies at 86; agent sued Paramount over 'Coming to America'

Alain Bernheim, a producer and literary agent who with humorist Art Buchwald sued Paramount Pictures for using their concept for the 1988 film "Coming...

Ernie 'Indian Red' Lopez dies at 64; welterweight fought before sellout crowds at the Forum

Ernie "Indian Red" Lopez, a popular boxer in the 1960s and '70s who twice lost title fights before sellout crowds at the Forum and was found in a...

Mercedes Sosa dies at 74; Argentine folk singer

Mercedes Sosa, an Argentine singer who emerged as an electrifying voice of conscience throughout Latin America for songs that championed social...

Nancy M. Daly dies at 68; prominent activist worked for L.A. children

Nancy M. Daly, a widely respected children's advocate, philanthropist and arts leader in Los Angeles, has died. She was 68.

Bernie Fuchs dies at 76; magazine illustrator

Bernie Fuchs, an illustrator whose influential work for magazines ranging from Cosmopolitan to Sports Illustrated seamlessly blended qualities of...

Janice Lowry Gothold dies at 63; artist and journal writer taught in Orange County

Janice Lowry Gothold, an artist who specialized in creating primitive-looking assemblages from found objects and whose journals received national...

Amy Farris dies at 40; fiddler-singer was part of L.A. roots music scene

Fiddler, singer and songwriter Amy Farris, an in-demand session and touring musician who became a regular presence on the Los Angeles roots music...

Maria Gulovich Liu dies at 87; helped American agents during WWII

Maria Gulovich Liu, who as a young schoolteacher in Slovakia during World War II joined the underground resistance as a courier and later helped a...

Paul Fay dies at 91; friend of JFK, former Navy official

Paul "Red" Fay, who met John F. Kennedy when they were both in the Navy, joined his administration as undersecretary of the Navy and then wrote a...

Henry T. Hopkins dies at 81; painter and museum director had formative role in L.A. art scene

Henry T. Hopkins, a distinguished museum director and educator who played a leading role in establishing Los Angeles' art scene, has died. He was 81.