The journalist covered the struggle for civil rights in Selma, Ala., and later became a columnist and wrote books on politics and government.
Haynes Johnson, a Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movement and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday at a hospital in Bethesda, Md., after suffering a heart attack. He was 81.
With IBM colleague Gerd Binnig, Rohrer invented the scanning tunneling microscope, which can show individual atoms on a surface and move them around.
The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the 1930s by providing magnifications thousands of times higher than that of light microscopes, allowing scientists to discern the inner workings of cells for the first time.
Flynn Robinson, 72, guard on championship Lakers team; Steve Forrest, 87, star of TV's 'S.W.A.T.'; Mack Emerman, 89, founder of Criteria Recording Studios
A longtime Republican state senator and assemblyman, Newton R. Russell was admired on both sides of the aisle for his fairness and knowledge of the arcane rules of the state pension system.
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Cañada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85.
As a boy growing up in L.A., Goddard dreamed of adventures in faraway lands: climbing the world's most perilous peaks, navigating its major rivers and exploring its most remote regions.
Indiana Jones, the swashbuckling fictional adventurer, would seem to have nothing on John Goddard.
By Rebecca Trounson, Los Angeles Times
Tue May 21 01:00:00 UTC 2013
KCSG Obituaries
Gary Dale Bergquist
(February 6, 1952 - March 27, 2012)
(St. George, UT) - Gary Dale Bergquist, 60, passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2012 in the presence of his adoring family. Two weeks prior he was surprisingly diagnosed with aggressive cancer which too...
Dorothy Meller
(May 3, 1924 - March 28, 2012)
(Mesquite, NV) - Dorothy Meller, 87, died March 28, 2012 in Mesquite, NV. She was born to Nathan and Dora Horowitz Rosenberg on May 3, 1924 in Jersey City, NJ. She married Seymore Simon Meller on O...
Connie Mitchell James
May 17, 1944 – March 25, 2012
(St. George, UT) - Connie Mitchell James
May 17, 1944 – March 25, 2012
Connie James, mother, wife, sister and a ‘Great’ grandma passed away on March 25, 2012 after a brief battle with cancer.
On Ma...
Patricia Marie Niemeyer
September 10. 1943 - March 23, 2012 (St. George, UT) - Patricia Marie Niemeyer, 68, passed away March 23, 2012.
Pat was born September 10. 1943 in Huntington, Utah to Cecil Arthur and Irene Burnside.
Married Sherald Blackburn in 1959...
Jack W. Walker
(July 3, 1924 - March 24, 2012)
(St. George, UT) - If you knew him for a lifetime or just for a moment, you were glad about it! Jack W. Walker graduated form his mortal experience, with honors, on March 24, 2012. He was born in C...
Gary Dale Bergquist
(February 6, 1952 - March 27, 2012)
(St. George, UT) - Gary Dale Bergquist, 60, passed away March 27, 2012. His wife of 36 years, Lenore, was by his side as well as all six of his children; Jared Bergquist, Aaron Bergquist, Miriam Ho...
Lillis Barlow
Apr 02, 1923 - Mar 23, 2012
(Fairfield, CA) - Lillis Kroff Barlow passed away Friday, March 23 in Fairfield, California. She was born in
St George, UT April 2, 1923 in Tooele Utah as the Daughter of William Fred Kroff and Pe...
Concepcion Coca Escobedo
December 8, 1919 - March 24, 2012
(Provo, UT) - Concepcion Coca Escobedo was born December 8, 1919 in San Luis, Potosi, Mexico. She passed away March 24, 2012 in Provo, Utah. She is preceded in death by her husband Francisco Escobe...
John Edward Matlock
January 3, 1927 - March 26, 2012
John Edward Matlock passed away on March 26, 2012 in Cedar City, UT. John was born January 3, 1927 in Corbin, Kentucky. He was a WWII Veteran in the U.S. Army. John was a member of the LDS Paragona...
Kendall Oliphant Gurr
January 1, 1926 - March 26, 2012
(Parowan, UT) - Kendall Oliphant Gurr, 86, was called home Monday, March 26, 2012, surrounded by his wife and children. Born January 1, 1926, to Peter Hansen and Grace Oliphant Gurr, in Parowan Uta...