Jef Raskin, 61: Led Team That Created Macintosh Computer
Los Angeles Times - March 1, 2005
Jef Raskin, the software developer and renaissance man behind Apple’s pioneering Macintosh personal computer, died on Saturday of pancreatic cancer. Raskin joined the fledgling
Stephen P. Yokich, 66; Former President of UAW
Los Angeles Times - Aug. 7, 2002
DETROIT – Stephen P. Yokich was the firebrand former leader of the United Auto Workers who was a leading force in a crippling strike against General Motors Corp. four years ago but who significantly increased benefits for union members.
Los Angeles Times - Aug. 7, 2002
DETROIT – Stephen P. Yokich was the firebrand former leader of the United Auto Workers who was a leading force in a crippling strike against General Motors Corp. four years ago but who significantly increased benefits for union members.
Ralph Hoar, 56; Car Safety Advocate
Los Angeles Times - Sept. 27, 2001
DETROIT – Ralph Hoar: veteran consumer safety advocate who waged campaigns for product recalls in the automotive industry and who became a major resource for trial attorneys filing suits against auto and tire manufacturers.
Los Angeles Times - Sept. 27, 2001
DETROIT – Ralph Hoar: veteran consumer safety advocate who waged campaigns for product recalls in the automotive industry and who became a major resource for trial attorneys filing suits against auto and tire manufacturers.
Leonard Woodcock; President of UAW, U.S. Envoy to China
Los Angeles Times – Jan. 18, 2001
DETROIT – The son of a machine worker who also was a labor activist, Leonard Woodcock played a key role in the growth of the United Auto Workers into the largest industrial union in North America, and later was President Jimmy Carter's envoy to China.
Los Angeles Times – Jan. 18, 2001
DETROIT – The son of a machine worker who also was a labor activist, Leonard Woodcock played a key role in the growth of the United Auto Workers into the largest industrial union in North America, and later was President Jimmy Carter's envoy to China.
Jacques Demy, French Film Director, Dead at 59
Associated Press – Oct. 28, 1990
PARIS (AP) – Jacques Demy, the French master of musical comedies who brought to France the genre popularized in Hollywood but which was never big in this country, has died of a brain hemorrhage brought on by leukemia. He was best known for his 1963 film "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg."
Associated Press – Oct. 28, 1990
PARIS (AP) – Jacques Demy, the French master of musical comedies who brought to France the genre popularized in Hollywood but which was never big in this country, has died of a brain hemorrhage brought on by leukemia. He was best known for his 1963 film "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg."
`Alexandria Quartet' Author Lawrence Durrell, Dead at 78
Associated Press – Nov. 8, 1990
PARIS (AP) – Lawrence Durrell, the British novelist who conveyed his love for Mediterranean life in "The Alexandria Quartet" and other lyrical works, died at his home in southern France, his family said Thursday. He was 78.
Associated Press – Nov. 8, 1990
PARIS (AP) – Lawrence Durrell, the British novelist who conveyed his love for Mediterranean life in "The Alexandria Quartet" and other lyrical works, died at his home in southern France, his family said Thursday. He was 78.
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