Vincent Bugliosi, the former prosecutor turned crime author, died on Saturday, the Los Angeles Times reported. He was 80.
As a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney, Bugliosi prosecuted Charles Manson and three followers for the Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969 and co-wrote Helter Skelter, the wildly popular book about the murders and trial. Bugliosi went into private practice and later wrote and co-wrote more than a dozen books, including Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away with Murder, Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder and Divinity of Doubt: The God Question.
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Roger Vergé, "a founding father of nouvelle cuisine who developed a highly influential version of Provençal cooking" at his renowned restaurant Le Moulin de Mougins near Cannes, France, died Friday, the New York Times reported. He was 85. His cookbooks include Roger Vergé's Cuisine of the South of France, Roger Vergé's New Entertaining in the French Style and Roger Vergé's Vegetables in the French Style.