Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and popular singer who became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposition to gay rights, has died.
Mike Rinder, a former executive leader for the Church of Scientology who became a whistleblower after he left the organization, has died. He was 69.
From a shoeshine booth turned taco stand, Socorro ‘Mama Yuca’s’ Herrera was a taco champion and James Beard Award winner at her Yuca’s Hut in Los Feliz.
The government decreed a four-day period of official mourning. Simitis will receive a state funeral.
Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons.
Jeff Baena, an independent filmmaker who worked with his wife, Aubrey Plaza, has died. His last project was 2022’s ‘Spin Me Round.’
R&B singer Brenton Wood found a loyal following among SoCal’s Latinos, who often called in to KRLA-AM 1110 to dedicate his tracks over the airwaves.
Lodge often satirized academic life and Catholicism in his novels and was twice nominated for the Booker Prize, for ‘Small World’ and ‘Nice Work.’
Rosita Missoni, the matriarch of the iconic Italian fashion house that made zigzag-patterned knitwear high fashion, died Wednesday at 93.
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