Chuck Philips, the renowned Los Angeles Times journalist who made a name for himself by investigating corruption in the music industry, died in January at age 71. “Our brother, Chuck Philips, left us all in January of 2024. He had been an investigative reporter dealing with crime and corruption in the music industry while working for the Los Angeles Times,” Philips’ family said in a statement in the Times’ announcement. Philips joined the Los Angeles Times as a freelancer in 1990 and came on board the paper’s staff five years later. My termination was widely viewed as a nod to Henchman.”The LA Times told the Village Voice “No new information has emerged that bears on the mistakes for which we apologized and which we retracted.”The post Chuck Philips, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Music Writer for LA Times, Dies at 71 appeared first on TheWrap.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 02, 2024 02:46 UTC