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Samuel William Yorty (October 1, 1909 – June 5, 1998) was an American politician, attorney, and radio host from Los Angeles, California. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the California State Assembly , but he is most remembered for his turbulent three terms as the 37th Mayor of Los Angeles ...
Sam Yorty, the blunt-talking, self-promoting Mayor of Los Angeles who took credit for building up the city yet denied any responsibility for the Watts riots in 1965, died today. He was 88.
6 de jun. de 1998 · From the Archives: Three-Term L.A. Mayor Sam Yorty Dies at 88. Samuel W. Yorty, who served three contentious terms as Los Angeles’ mayor during the turbulent 1960s, died Friday at the age...
5 de jun. de 1998 · LOS ANGELES (June 5) -- Former Los Angeles mayor Sam Yorty has died. He was 88. Yorty had been hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center and was transferred to Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center...
Sam Yorty, 88, the colorfully cantankerous California politician who gained fame as the combative mayor of Los Angeles in the whirlwind years of the 1960s, died of pneumonia June 5 at his home...
15 de abr. de 2020 · In LA, those developments overlapped with the beginning of the regime of Sam Yorty, elected mayor in 1961. 1973, on the other hand, marked not only the end of protest in the streets but also the ...
Hace 4 días · Jun 6, 1998. Sam Yorty, the fiery mayor who baffled liberals and conservatives alike as he steered Los Angeles through the turbulent 1960s, died Friday at 88. Yorty, whose tenure spanned such...
