Richard Whitcomb dies at 88; engineer's discoveries changed design of jets

Richard Whitcomb dies at 88; engineer's discoveries changed design of jets

Richard Whitcomb, a mechanical engineer who changed the way we fly today with three design innovations that made airplanes fly farther and...

Elizabeth Clare Prophet dies at 70; former leader of religious sect

Elizabeth Clare Prophet, retired spiritual leader of the Church Universal and Triumphant, which was based for several years in a Calabasas...

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Cleo Trumbo dies at 93; wife of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo

Cleo Trumbo dies at 93; wife of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo

Cleo Trumbo, the widow of Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted for more than a decade as a member of the Hollywood 10, has...

Dickie Peterson dies at 63; bassist and lead singer for the power trio Blue Cheer

Dickie Peterson dies at 63; bassist and lead singer for the power trio Blue Cheer

Dickie Peterson, the bassist and lead singer for Blue Cheer, the San Francisco power trio best known for its high- volume 1968 hit rendition of the...

Robert G. Beverly dies at 84; Republican in California Legislature for nearly 30 years

Robert G. Beverly dies at 84; Republican in California Legislature for nearly 30 years

Robert G. Beverly, a Republican who served in the state Legislature for nearly 30 years and may be best known for consumer-protection legislation that...

Dr. Mahlon Hoagland dies at 87; scientist helped discover how cells build proteins

Dr. Mahlon Hoagland dies at 87; scientist helped discover how cells build proteins

Dr. Mahlon Hoagland, who helped unravel the mystery of how cells build proteins by discovering a molecule that brings individual amino acids to...

Cullen Bryant dies at 58; former L.A. Rams running back

Cullen Bryant, a mainstay of the Los Angeles Rams for 11 seasons and a running back on their 1980 Super Bowl team, has died. He was 58.

William Wayne Justice dies at 89; U.S. District judge

U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice, whose rulings shattered old Texas by changing the way the state educated children, treated prisoners and...

Irving Sulmeyer dies at 82; lawyer known for bankruptcy expertise

Fresh out of Stanford law school in 1951, Irving Sulmeyer knocked on the doors in Los Angeles of what are euphemistically called "white-shoe" law...

Daniel Melnick dies at 77; film and TV producer helped launch 'Get Smart,' 'Network,' 'Kramer vs. Kramer'

Daniel Melnick dies at 77; film and TV producer helped launch 'Get Smart,' 'Network,' 'Kramer vs. Kramer'

Daniel Melnick, a producer and former head of production at MGM and Columbia studios who was known for making bold, literate and carefully crafted...

Nan Robertson dies at 83; Pulitzer-winning New York Times reporter

Nan Robertson dies at 83; Pulitzer-winning New York Times reporter

Nan Robertson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter who brought distinction and change to her newspaper through highly publicized...

Captain Lou Albano dies at 76; wrestler appeared in Cyndi Lauper videos

Captain Lou Albano dies at 76; wrestler appeared in Cyndi Lauper videos

Captain Lou Albano, who became one of the most recognized professional wrestlers of the 1980s after appearing in Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to...

Bruce Wasserstein dies at 61; prominent Wall Street deal maker

Bruce Wasserstein dies at 61; prominent Wall Street deal maker

Bruce Wasserstein, chief executive of investment bank Lazard Ltd. and a prominent Wall Street deal maker, died Wednesday after being hospitalized...

Anne Friedberg dies at 57; professor at USC's School of Cinematic Arts

Anne Friedberg dies at 57; professor at USC's School of Cinematic Arts

Anne Friedberg, a USC professor who broadened the study of cinema by emphasizing its relationship to other visually oriented fields, including...

Richard Sonnenfeldt dies at 86; chief interpreter for American prosecutors at Nuremberg trials

Richard Sonnenfeldt dies at 86; chief interpreter for American prosecutors at Nuremberg trials

Richard W. Sonnenfeldt, the chief interpreter for American prosecutors at the Nuremberg war crimes trials, has died. He was 86.

Stuart M. Kaminsky dies at 75; prolific mystery writer

Stuart M. Kaminsky dies at 75; prolific mystery writer

Stuart M. Kaminsky, a writer of impressive range who created four distinctive detectives for series set in Los Angeles, Chicago, Florida and Moscow,...

Brendan Mullen dies at 60; founder of influential Masque punk rock club

Brendan Mullen dies at 60; founder of influential Masque punk rock club

Brendan Mullen, founder of the Masque punk rock club in Hollywood that helped launch the vibrantly anarchic music scene on the West Coast in the...

Carol Tomlinson-Keasey dies at 66; founding chancellor of UC Merced

Carol Tomlinson-Keasey dies at 66; founding chancellor of UC Merced

Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, who became the first female founding chancellor of a UC campus when she was named to head UC Merced in 1999 before the...

Harriet Allen dies at 95; environmentalist successfully pushed for the California Desert Protection Act

Harriet Allen dies at 95; environmentalist successfully pushed for the California Desert Protection Act

Harriet Allen, an environmentalist who mentored generations of desert activists and played a key role in the 1994 passage of the landmark California...

Dr. Charles S. Houston dies at 96; pioneer of high-altitude medicine

Dr. Charles S. Houston dies at 96; pioneer of high-altitude medicine

Charles S. Houston, who pioneered the field of high-altitude medicine after an expedition up the world's second-highest mountain claimed the life of a...

Israel Gelfand dies at 96; Russian mathematician

Israel Gelfand dies at 96; Russian mathematician

Israel Gelfand, the Russian mathematician whose research laid the mathematical framework for the imaging abilities of MRI and CT scanners and who...

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

W.I.B. Crealock, a yacht designer, sailor and sailing author, died Sept. 26 at his home in Carlsbad after breaking his hip in a fall. He was 89.

Michael Kuryla Jr. dies at 84; sailor survived sinking of Indianapolis in WWII

Michael Kuryla Jr., one of 317 sailors who survived the sinking of the ill-fated Navy cruiser Indianapolis during World War II and later bonded with...

Shelby Singleton dies at 77; maverick country music mogul

Shelby Singleton dies at 77; maverick country music mogul

Shelby Singleton, a maverick country music mogul and talent scout who launched the careers of Roger Miller and Ray Stevens before resuscitating the...