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Top LA news: Crash kills pedestrian, 61; Mustached comedian Rip Taylor has died at 84; more

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Published on October 07, 2019
Top LA news: Crash kills pedestrian, 61; Mustached comedian Rip Taylor has died at 84; morePhoto: Denys Nevozhai/Unsplash

Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in Los Angeles.

Mustached comedian Rip Taylor has died at 84

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rip Taylor, the mustached comedian with a fondness for confetti-throwing who became a television game show mainstay in the 1970s, has died. He was 84. 

Read the full story on FOX26.

Soaring gasoline prices becoming unbearable for some Southern California drivers

Gas prices have been increasing daily in the Los Angeles area for nearly two weeks.

Read the full story on Inland Empire Newswire.

Family warns of distracted driving after sisters struck by truck and killed in South LA

The family of Amy and Marlene Lorenzo joined a walk to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving in Long Beach Saturday morning. 

Read the full story on KTLA 5 Morning News.

Crash kills pedestrian, 61, 2 days after another deadly hit-and-run in South LA

South Los Angeles neighborhoods were the sites two deadly hit-and-run crashes over the weekend as another pedestrian was fatally struck early Sunday. 

Read the full story on KTLA 5 News.

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