Joan Leslie dies at 90; actress of Hollywood’s Golden Age
In the 1941 film noir classic “High Sierra,” Humphrey Bogart plays a tough guy who falls in love with a seemingly sweet, naive teenager played by Joan Leslie. The Bogie….
In the 1941 film noir classic “High Sierra,” Humphrey Bogart plays a tough guy who falls in love with a seemingly sweet, naive teenager played by Joan Leslie. The Bogie….
The jungle airstrip was a burning mess and about 1,000 feet shorter than Maj. Bernard F. Fisher would have liked. But his wingman, Maj. Dafford “Jump” Myers, had crash-landed there….
Jon Douglas, a two-sport athlete at Stanford University whose residential brokerage was a major real estate player beginning in the 1970s, has died. He was 73. Douglas died in his….
Luis Avalos Latino playwright, actor on ‘The Electric Company.’ Luis Avalos, 67, a Cuban American actor who had a regular role as Dr. Doolats on the 1970s public television children’s….
Hinton Battle, who won Tony Awards (featured actor in a musical) for his performances in “Miss Saigon,” “Sophisticated Ladies” and “The Tap Dance Kid,” has died at 67. No cause….
Vocalist Jimmy Scott, often called “Little Jimmy Scott” for his small stature and memorable, high-pitched voice that was one of the jazz world’s most unique sounds, died Thursday at his….
Dobie Gray, a smooth balladeer and soul singer who scored his biggest hit in the early 1970s with “Drift Away,” has died. He was 71. Gray, who had cancer, died….
Robert Gumbiner, a physician and HMO pioneer who built the managed-care giant FHP and then used his fortune to found the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, has….
There isn’t much David Goldberg, 44, hasn’t already done. At 26 he sold his first start-up, Launch Media, for $12 million to Yahoo. Goldberg then served as general manager of….
Father Maur van Doorslaer lived a kind of double life. For decades, the Benedictine monk spent half the year working in a studio at an abbey in Belgium, painting abstract….