Celebrity Obituaries

Whodini's groundbreaking electro-rap helped hip-hop gain a foothold on radio, and the duo took part in the first rap tour of American arenas.

John Outterbridge, who has died at 87, was a central figure in the Black assemblage arts movement and former director of the Watts Towers...

Hard-rock progenitors Mountain performed at Woodstock and were best known for co-founder Leslie West's guitar riff on its biggest hit, "Mississippi Queen."

Ed Krieger spent decades taking production and publicity photos for L.A.'s many 99-seat theaters. He died at home in Los Angeles at 73.

K.T. Oslin, who died on Monday, was the first female songwriter to win the coveted CMA song of the year award, for her No....

Kevin Greene, who played for the Rams, Steelers, 49ers and Panthers during his Hall of Fame NFL career, died Monday at the age of...

Wallack, 64, a longtime contributor to the Los Angeles Times, was an avid hiker, runner and cyclist who competed in extreme events around the...

Pete Cassidy, who was Cal State Northridge's basketball coach for 25 years and a San Fernando Valley coaching icon, has died at 86.

A fixture on progressive L.A. rock radio in the 1960s and 1970s, Jimmy Rabbitt introduced Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings to Southern California audiences.

British novelist John le Carré, who anatomized Cold War spycraft and sometimes even influenced it, has died after a short illness at the age...