Obituaries

Ray Manzarek dies at 74; the Doors' keyboardist

2013-05-20 15:09:00

Keyboardist Ray Manzarek, the founding member of the Doors whose piercing electric organ sound defined their career-establishing hit “Light My Fire” and most of the L.A. group’s cornerstone songs, died Monday in Germany after a lengthy...

PASSINGS: Vincent G. Dowling, John La Montaine

2013-05-16 21:43:00

Vincent G. Dowling Actor, director gave Tom Hanks early break Actor and director Vincent G. Dowling, 83, who left behind a long career with Ireland's national theater to run a Shakespeare festival in Cleveland where he gave a young Tom Hanks an...

Dr. Joyce Brothers, famed TV psychologist, dies at 85

2013-05-13 15:56:00

Dr. Joyce Brothers, a psychologist who became a pop-culture fixture after she turned to radio and television in the late 1950s to tend to the nation’s psyche, has died. She was 85. Brothers died Monday in New York City, publicist Sanford Brokaw...

PASSINGS: Dallas Willard, Jack Butler, Fredrick McKissack

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Dallas Willard Influential Christian philosopher taught at USC for 47 years Dallas Willard, 77, an influential Christian philosopher who taught at USC for 47 years and chaired the philosophy department in the early 1980s, died Wednesday in Woodland...

Remembering Dr. Joyce Brothers: Movie and TV star

2013-05-13 16:47:00

Psychologist and columnist Dr. Joyce Brothers, who died Monday at the age of 85, won the top prize in 1955 on the popular TV game show "The $64,000 Question" on the subject of boxing. Smart, attractive and fearless, Brothers' media career quickly...

Jeanne Cooper of 'Young and the Restless' dies at 84

2013-05-08 15:24:00

Jeanne Cooper, best known as matriarch Katherine Chancellor on CBS' daytime drama "The Young and the Restless," has died. She was 84. "My mother passed away this morning just a short time ago, peaceful with my sister by her side, in her sleep," son...

Matt Groening's mom dies; maiden name Wiggum, she inspired Marge Simpson

2013-05-07 11:06:00

Fans of "The Simpsons" are in mourning over the death of a woman most of them never met: series co-creator Matt Groening's mother, Margaret Groening. For most, she will be forever linked with Marge Simpson, her animated namesake. A paid obituary...

PASSINGS: Frederic Franklin, David Morris Kern

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Frederic Franklin Dancer helped popularize modern ballet in U.S. Frederic Franklin, 98, a British-born dancer who helped popularize modern ballet in the United States, died Saturday at a Manhattan, N.Y., hospital of complications from pneumonia,...

For the record

2013-05-05 00:00:00

Prison plan: In the May 4 LATExtra section, an article about Gov. Jerry Brown's latest plan to reduce prison crowding said that the plan called for the early release of thousands of inmates. In fact, the plan proposes releasing hundreds, not thousands, of...

Channa Horwitz dies at 80; artist known for geometric paintings, drawings

2013-05-03 19:24:00

Channa Horwitz, an artist known for her dizzyingly intricate geometric drawings and paintings based on complex predetermined systems, died Monday of complications from Crohn's disease at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica. She was 80. In 1968,...

PASSINGS: Chris Kelly, Leopold Engleitner

2013-05-02 23:12:00

Chris Kelly, 34, half of the 1990s kid rap duo Kris Kross that had a chart-topping hit with "Jump," was pronounced dead Wednesday at an Atlanta hospital of an apparent drug overdose, authorities said. Police were called to Kelly's home in south...

PASSINGS: Jeanne Cooper, Mario Machado, Bryan Forbes

2013-05-09 00:00:00

Jeanne Cooper Emmy winner starred in 'The Young and the Restless' Jeanne Cooper, 84, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on CBS' "The Young and the Restless," died Wednesday in her sleep,...

The network also confirmed her passing. "I was going to visit this afternoon, thought I had time," he wrote. "Reminder to self -- time is a precious thing. I too am at peace, however. I said my goodbyes several times over during the last few weeks.

2013-05-10 17:45:00

Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV's "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the '60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular series of "beach" movies, died Monday. She was 70.

2013-04-12 12:30:00

Jonathan Winters, one of the great comedians of film and TV, died Thursday night. He was 87. Winters, who had been in declining health, died at his longtime home in Montecito, said Gary Owens, who was his good friend. "He was one of the great comedy talents in the history of the United States.

2013-04-12 10:15:15