Articles by Mary Rourke

Paola Timiras, a medical doctor and researcher who pioneered the study of the physiology of aging and taught molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley for more than 50 years, died Sept. Read more

Lynn Kohlman, a fashion model and photographer who worked with the creative teams of top New York designers Perry Ellis, Donna Karan and Tommy Hilfiger, has died. Read more

Tina Allen, whose monumental sculptures of prominent African Americans through history, including abolitionist Sojourner Truth and author Alex Haley – fill public spaces across the United States, has died. Read more

Jacqui Landrum, a dancer who with her husband, Bill, choreographed a number of films, including “Great Balls of Fire” and “The Doors,” has died. Read more

Barbara S. Harris, a property manager who co-founded the Ross Minority Program in Real Estate at USC, which trains students in the redevelopment of minority communities, has died. Read more

Do Van Ly, a founder of the first Cao Dai Center in Los Angeles and one of the religion’s senior leaders in the United States, has died. Read more

Robert M. Taylor, a psychologist and psychotherapist who co-wrote the Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis Test used as a tool in marriage and family counseling, has died. Read more

Norman Dello Joio, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer with a lyrical style who wrote works for orchestra and chorus as well as several operas and an Emmy Award-winning television score, died July 24 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 95. Read more

Luther Davis, a writer for stage, film and television who won a Tony Award for the Broadway musical “Kismet” and whose screen credits include “Lady in A Cage,” a thriller that starred Olivia de Havilland, has died. Read more