TODAY'S OBITUARY NEWS
Lives We Remember, Now and Forever
Roderick Sykes, co-founder of L.A. Black art enclave St. Elmo Village, dies
Roderick Sykes lived for five decades in the Mid-City community...
Filmmaker Monte Hellman, 'the best-kept secret in Hollywood,' dies at 91
Monte Hellman, director of spare, existential genre films such as...
Jim Steinman, bombastic hitmaker for Meat Loaf and Celine Dion, dies at 73
Jim Steinman, who wrote Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell"...
Walter Mondale, former vice president and presidential nominee, dies at 93
Mondale, known as Fritz, a pioneering vice president and a...
Former USC and Loyola High lineman Chris Brown dies at age 24
USC coach Clay Helton reported that former lineman Chris Brown...
Julia Bogany, venerated Tongva elder who fought for her tribe's recognition, dies
Bogany spread the gospel of the Tongva people to correct...
Bernie Madoff, notorious financier who pulled off history's biggest swindle, dies at 82
Bernie Madoff, who came to epitomize Wall Street corruption with...
Edwin Aguilar, who fled El Salvador's civil war and later became a 'Simpsons' animator, dies
Colleagues of Aguilar, who died Saturday at age 46, remember...
Gloria Henry, the perpetually upbeat mother of 'Dennis the Menace,' dies at 98
Henry helped grow the theater and arts scene in downtown...
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