Hedda Bolgar, known for her energy and optimism, began her studies in Vienna in Sigmund Freud's day. She fled the Nazis and eventually settled in Southern California, where she was chief of psychology at Mt. Sinai Hospital and helped found several local institutions devoted to the field.
Hedda Bolgar, a psychologist old enough to have attended Sigmund Freud's lectures in Vienna but youthful enough to have treated patients until just a few weeks ago, has died. She was 103.
Suffering dehydration and exhaustion in 100-degree heat, he rallied to win by four strokes. He won 14 tournaments as a pro and was also a longtime TV commentator for CBS Sports.
Ken Venturi, who won the 1964 U.S. Open golf championship in dramatic fashion and became a longtime television commentator, died Friday in Rancho Mirage. He was 82.
Jorge Rafael Videla led a rebellion that overthrew Isabel Peron in 1976 and then oversaw a seven-year reign of terror known as the dirty war.
BUENOS AIRES — Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who presided over that country's so-called dirty war in which up to 30,000 dissidents were murdered or disappeared, died Friday while serving a 50-year prison sentence. He was 87.
By Andres D'Alessandro and Chris Kraul, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Vincent G. Dowling, actor and director who gave Tom Hanks an early break, dies at 83; John La Montaine, American composer who won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1959, dies at 93
Geza Vermes was one of the first scholars to translate the scrolls into English. He later wrote engaging works about the Jewish origins of Jesus.
Geza Vermes was a graduate student in Belgium in the late 1940s when he was captivated by news sweeping the globe about a remarkable discovery in the desert east of Jerusalem. He quickly switched gears, penning his doctoral thesis on the Dead Sea Scrolls, the ancient manuscript fragments that would become a focus of his life's work.
Billie Sol Estes went to prison for his role in defrauding the U.S. Agriculture Department. The scandal roiled the administration of Lyndon Johnson.
Billie Sol Estes, a flamboyant Texas huckster who became one of the most notorious men in America in 1962 when he was accused of looting a federal crop subsidy program, has died. He was 88.
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Edward H Hahne
April 16, 1923 - March 5, 2012
(Cedar City, UT) - Edward Henry Hahne was born in Cedar City, Utah to Edward Frederick Hahne and Meta Ethyl Korman Hahne on the 16th of April 1923. The attending physician was Dr. Green. He was pre...
Carma June Allred Gentry Chase
(August 17, 1938 - March 4, 2012)
(St. George, UT) - Carma June Allred Gentry Chase passed away peacefully on March 4, 2012 surrounded by her family. Carma was born August 17, 1938 in Ogden, Utah to Orson and Florence Allred. Carma...
Harry LuWayne Leavitt
(January 3, 1941 - March 2, 2012)
(Las Vegas, NV) - Harry Leavitt, age 71 , passed away March 2, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born January 3, 1941 in Bunkerville, Nevada to Eldred and Ruby Leavitt. He married Patricia Ann Fost...
LaVell Slack Robb
September 12, 1921 - March 5, 2012
(Cedar City, UT) - Our wonderful mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great great grandmother and friend, LaVell Slack Robb, age 90, passed away on March 5, 2012. She was born on September 12, 1...
Philip Lewis Brown
(September 5, 1943 - February 28, 2012)
(Mesa, AZ / Hurricane, UT) - Philip Lewis Brown, Sr., 68, was called back home on February 28, 2012 in Weleetka OK, while living his lifelong dream of living on a ranch. He came to this earth on Se...
George Lee Zeigler
January 7, 1940 - March 2, 2012 (Enoch/Cedar City, UT) - George Lee Zeigler, age 72 passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on March 2, 2012 after a courageous battle with cancer.
He was born January 7, 1940 in Twin F...
Mark Byron LeFevre
January 26, 1963 - February 29, 2012
Mark Byron LeFevre, 49; passed away unexpectedly on February 29, 2012. Mark was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He served in the United States Air Force, and graduated ...
Boyd Maurice Healey
September 7, 1938 - February 29, 2012 (St George, UT) - Boyd M. Healey, 73, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family February 29, 2012 in St George, Utah. He was born September 7, 1938 in American Fork, Utah to Maurice a...
Renae Orton Swenson
(October 3, 1935 - February 26, 2012)
(Birdseye - St. George, UT) - Our mom was born October 3, 1935 in Pleasant Grove, UT to Eva Howard and Reed Orton. She died on February 26, 2012 surrounded by family after a courageous two year bat...
Donald R. Fromknect
(September 5, 1928 - February 26, 2012)
(St. George, UT) - Donald R. Fromknecht, Jr. passed away February 26, 2012 at the age of 83 after a long, courageous battle with ALS. He was born in Sioux City, Iowa September 5, 1928. Don and his ...