Former L.A. Daily News editor Ron Kaye has died, according to a post from his son on social media. He was 83 years old and passed away Thursday night.
“I am writing to share some painful news: my father Ron Kaye passed away last night suddenly at home with my mother Deborah,” his son Alfred wrote in a personal remembrance of his father shared on Facebook on Friday.
“Many of you will have known Ron as a crusading and polemical journalist, a mentor, a neighbor — or perhaps as a friend,” Alfred continued. “Every parent is a larger than life figure to their children.