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Just last month, I met Times associate editor and columnist Frank Del Olmo for the first time, so to speak, when we both appeared by phone on KCRW-FM the day that baseball approved Frank McCourt's purchase of the Dodgers. I know that doesn't mean that I knew Del Olmo better than anyone at all - I was just another longtime reader, for all practical purposes - but I can only say that it adds to my shock and sadness at the news that Del Olmo died of a heart attack in the Times offices this morning, at the age of 55. Del Olmo was a writer of great integrity, and from all that I can tell, a man of great integrity. My heart goes out to his family and friends.
Here are links to stories on the Times and L.A. Observed.
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