Charles Rappleye, a resolute Los Angeles investigative reporter and editor who wrote critically acclaimed books about historical figures, has died at 62. (Ironically, this is the next sentence -- editor please!)
Rappleye, who battled cancer for six years, had been working on a book about little-remembered President Zachary Taylor when he died at home in Echo Park on Saturday.
I didn't know Zachary Taylor was alive much less living in Echo Park.
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