Los Angeles Times - Obituaries

John Phillip Law, 70; actor played blind angel in 'Barbarella'

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

John Phillip Law, a tall, blond actor who cut a striking figure as the blind angel opposite Jane Fonda in 1968's "Barbarella" and in other film roles, has died. He was 70.

Hollywood press agent Warren Cowan dies at 87

Thu, 15 May 2008 06:52:00 -0700

Legendary Hollywood press agent Warren Cowan, who represented such stars as Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman and Frank Sinatra, has died. He was 87.

Danton Burroughs, 63; grandson of Tarzan creator protected the legacy

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Danton Burroughs, who spent his life marketing and protecting the work of his grandfather, Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, died May 1 at his home in Tarzana, the San Fernando Valley community named after his ancestor's most famous fictional character. He was 63.

Artist mixed paint, sculpture, cast-offs

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

His combines, which incorporated objects such as tires, newspaper clippings and stuffed animals, established new directions and prominence for American art.

Robert Rauschenberg, the protean artist from small-town Texas whose imaginative commitment to hybrid forms of painting and sculpture changed the course of American and European art between 1950 and the early 1970s, died Monday night, according to New York's PaceWildenstein Gallery, which represents his work. He was 82.

Dr. Murray E. Jarvik, 84; UCLA pharmacologist invented nicotine patch

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Dr. Murray E. Jarvik, the UCLA pharmacologist who showed that nicotine was the addictive factor in tobacco and invented the nicotine patch for smokers trying to quit, died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica.

Charles Meyer Goldstein, 87; dentist, USC faculty member organized free dental clinics

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Charles Meyer Goldstein, a dentist and USC faculty member who advocated community service and organized free dental clinics that treat thousands of poor people each year, died Sunday at his home in Brentwood from complications of multiple organ failure. He was 87.

Irena Sendler, 98; member of resistance saved lives of 2,500 Polish Jews

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Fate may have led Irena Sendler to the moment almost 70 years ago when she began to risk her life for the children of strangers. But for this humble Polish Catholic social worker, who was barely 30 when one of history's most nightmarish chapters unfolded before her, the pivotal influence was something her parents had drummed into her.

Passings

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Paul Haeberlin French chef of 3-star restaurant

George P. Cressman, 88; meteorologist made forecasting a science

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

George P. Cressman, a former National Weather Service director who took the lead in applying computers to meteorology and helped change weather forecasting from a form of cloud-gazing guesswork to a codified science, has died. He was 88.

Larry Levine, 80; engineered record producer Phil Spector's 'Wall of Sound' in the 1960s

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Larry Levine, the recording engineer who helped translate the grandiose sonic vision of record producer Phil Spector into some of the biggest-selling and most influential recordings of the rock era, died Thursday, on his 80th birthday, at his home in Encino.