LOS ANGELES – Associated Press is reporting the death of one of America’s best known trial reporters.

Linda Deutsch, 80, underwent successful treatment for pancreatic cancer in 2022 but the disease returned and she died over the weekend at her home in Los Angeles.

Deutsch’s court career began with the 1969 trial and conviction of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin, Sirhan Sirhan. She went on to cover a who’s who of criminal defendants — Charles Manson, O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson, Patty Hearst, Phil Spector, the Menendez Brothers, “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez, “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski and the police officers charged in the beating of motorist Rodney King.

She went on to cover a who’s who of criminal defendants, the AP said.

Story Date: September 5, 2024