Death of Charles Champlin

March 23, 1926 - November 16, 2014
Los Angeles, California | Age 88

LA times film critic dies at 88
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Longtime Los Angeles Times film critic Charles Champlin has died.

The newspaper said Monday that Champlin died at his Los Angeles home on Sunday. He was 88.

His son, Charles Champlin Jr., told the Times (http://lat.ms/1u2OO0H ) the cause was complications from Alzheimer's disease.

Champlin was principal film critic at the Times from 1967 until 1980, when he shifted to book reviews and a "Critic...

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