Kenneth Reich

Kenneth Reich, a retired Los Angeles Times reporter who, in his 39 years at the paper, covered politics, earthquakes and preparations for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, has died. He was 70. Reich, who had been in failing health the last several years with diabetes and heart disease, died in his sleep Monday at his home in Sherman Oaks, said his daughter Kathleen. Hired by The Times in 1965, Reich was initially a reporter in the Westside bureau.