Articles by Mary Rourke

513 articles since 1997

Internationally known conductor also led Riverside County Philharmonic

California | Local | By Mary Rourke | 12:00AM, September 25
Patrick Flynn, the music director of the Riverside County Philharmonic for 19 years who also guest-conducted ballet, opera and classical orchestras around the world, has died. Read more
 

Researcher studied aging

California | Local | By Mary Rourke | September 23, 2008
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
 

Model, photographer was muse to designers

California | Local | By Mary Rourke | September 19, 2008
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
 

L.A. sculptor whose subject was prominent blacks

California | Local | By Mary Rourke | September 12, 2008
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
 

Dancer choreographed scenes for movies, TV shows

California | Local | By Mary Rourke | September 11, 2008
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
 

Co-founder of minority redevelopment course

California | Local | By Mary Rourke | September 7, 2008
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
 

Ex-diplomat, Cao Dai leader

California | Local | By Mary Rourke | September 1, 2008
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
 

Co-writer of test widely used in marriage and family counseling

California | Local | By Mary Rourke | August 15, 2008
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
 

Pulitzer and Emmy Award-winning composer

California | Local | By Mary Rourke | August 8, 2008
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
 

TV, stage writer won Tony Award for ‘Kismet’

California | Local | By Mary Rourke | August 5, 2008
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
 
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