David S. Cunningham Jr. lived a varied and accomplished life before representing the 10th district as a Los Angeles City Council member from the years 1973 – 1987. He began life as the son of David Cunningham Sr., an ordained minister in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife,…
On December 16, Inez H. Mogul passed away, having just turned 96 years old.While on one hand we rejoice in her long life, her loss leaves the world a less kind, gracious, and interesting place. She was my mother, so you might expect me to speak of her in…
Leonard Cohen, universally loved and celebrated poet and songwriter quietly passed away in his home in Mid-City at the age of 82. Although the notoriously low key artist had property in several places around the world he spent much of his time quietly and without notice within the TNN borders…
Painter, printmaker and educator Lee R. Chesney Jr., 95, whose longtime art studio is in Mid City, passed away on January 21, in Yucaipa, California from cancer. Family members have scheduled a public memorial retrospective exhibit of his work on Sunday, July 17, from 1 p.m. to 4…
{jcomments off}Portia Lea Solomon was born on Easter Sunday April 20, 1930 to Lemule Larnson Martin Jr. and Mildred Jean “Green” Martin in Spanishburg West Virginia. She was the oldest of seven children, five brothers and one sister, and spent most of her childhood looking after her younger siblings…
On December 9th, Madonna Taylor, our long-time neighbor and friend on Hobart, passed away after a brief illness. This sudden loss shocked and saddened all who knew her. Madonna and her husband, Ed, frequently hosted the Harvard Heights Cookie Wrap party every December to benefit our local police and fire…
Following a long battle with a rare form of cancer, local art leader Noah Davis has succumbed to the illness at age 32. Passing away at his home in Ojai on August 29th, Davis is survived by his wife Karon Davis and their five-year-old son.Artist Noah Davis' Underground…
This story is about a man who was a good friend and co-worker for the past 20 years. A man who was kind to everyone he came in contact with, regardless of your status in life. Roscoe always had a kind word or the Word of God for you. …
Every Saturday for the last 2-3 years, I come home from work, get my dog and head down to The Porch where neighbors from the block have been gathering for years. Wally, the Japanese man in the middle and block patriarch, grew up in this home and co-host Bobby on…
Joshu Sasaki Roshi, founder of the Rinzai Ji Zen Center in West Adams and esteemed teacher of countless Zen monks and practitioners throughout the world, has passed away at the age of 107. Roshi was born near Sendai Japan in April 1907. At 14 years he began his life…
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