By ELAINE WOO, Los Angeles Times | May 9, 2008
LOS ANGELES — Elaine Dundy, a novelist, biographer, journalist, and memoirist who wrote about her turbulent marriage to legendary critic Kenneth Tynan and their life among the rich and famous, died May 1 at her Los Angeles home. She was 86.
The cause was a heart attack, according to her daughter, Tracy Tynan.
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- Morgan Sparks, 91, Made First Practical Transistor
- Irvine Robbins, 90, Founded Ice Cream Chain
- Alvin Colt, 91, Doyen of Broadway Costumers
- Diana Barnato Walker, 90, Legendary Female Pilot
- James Day, 89, Public TV Pioneer
- Henry Brant, 94, ‘Spatial’ Composer and Impresario
- Albert Hofmann, 102, Invented LSD
- Yossi Harel, 90, Commanded Historic Refugee Ship
- Hyman Spotnitz, 99, Psychiatrist Specializing in Schizophrenia
- Cameron Argetsinger, 87, Founded Watkins Glen Racing
- John Guilsher, 77, American Spy in Moscow
- Stephen Weiss, 72, Cornell Benefactor
- Madeline Lee Gilford, 84, Actress and Activist
- Edward Lorenz, 90, Father of Chaos Theory
- Henry Moses, 66, Headmaster at Trinity School
- Selwyn Feinstein, 76, Wall Street Journal Reporter
- Ollie Johnston, 95, Veteran Disney Animator
- Lois Murphy, 91, Treated Cancer in Kids
