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The Italian-born Aulenti, one of only two female graduates in her 1954 Milan architecture school, transformed a Paris train station into the Musee d'Orsay.
A versatile athlete, Milt Campbell was the first African American to win a gold medal in the Olympic decathlon. He did so at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games.
Though few of Lebbeus Woods' futuristic designs were actually constructed, they were considered widely influential and were exhibited in museums around the world.
The author of 'The Lincoln Nobody Knows' and 'Lincoln the President' exchanged bitter accusations with Gore Vidal over the latter's alleged misrepresentations in his novel 'Lincoln.' |
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Lawrence Ramer was devoted to philanthropic efforts and cultural affairs in Los Angeles and elsewhere. He led the Center Theater Group board from 1987 to 1997.
Fitch raced Corvettes and Mercedes-Benzes in the U.S. and Europe in the '50s and '60s. He later developed crash-barrier systems now widely used on racetracks and highways.
The Chicago native captivated a cult following with the imploring, incantatory quality of his vocals and his knack for mixing elements of African chant, blues melody, jazz and folk.
Bill Dees, singer-songwriter, dies at 73; Edwin Q. White, Saigon bureau chief for AP during Vietnam War, dies at 90
The UC Berkeley professor argued that the gap between blacks and whites in such measurements was largely due to genetic differences, not cultural or environmental factors.
Letitia Baldrige was social secretary to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and helped create the image of elegance, youthful energy and sophistication that the first couple came to represent.
Greenstone, an L.A. developer, established a highly regarded commercial diving and welding program to give inmates practical skills that could help them find jobs once released.
Tennis great Margaret Osborne duPont won 37 Grand Slam singles and doubles titles from the 1940s into the 1960s.
Alan Kirschenbaum, a TV producer and comedy writer who worked on shows including 'Raising Hope,' 'My Name is Earl' and 'Yes, Dear,' dies at 51.
Kurtz, who taught philosophy, saw secular humanism as a way to encourage people to find wisdom, happiness and moral awareness without a god.
Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo helped oust strongman Fulgencio Batista in 1959. But he became disenchanted with Fidel Castro and spent 22 years in prison for trying to overthrow him.
The French American's areas of expertise encompassed education, philosophy, etymology, music, baseball, ghost stories and detective novels.
Emanuel Steward trained 41 world champions, and his heavyweights accumulated a record of 34-2-1 in title fights. He built a Detroit gym into one of the world's best-known boxing centers.
A prodigy who became a top U.S. surfer in the 1960s, Takayama left a longer-lasting mark on the sport as a surfboard designer: His longboards encouraged a renaissance in surfing in the 1980s.
Jeff Blatnick had overcome cancer to compete in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Los Angeles Games. He carried the U.S. flag at the closing ceremony.
Betty Binns Fletcher was one of the first female partners at a major law firm in the country, and the second woman appointed to the 9th Circuit.
Raymond Watson was chief planner of the Irvine Co. and later president. Central to his vision were separate villages that had their own character. He also briefly led Disney Co.
Swami Swahananda, spiritual leader of the Vedanta Society of Southern California, dies at 91
