On December 16, 2023, Ken Brecher passed away after leading a remarkable life or lives as characterized at https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-12-16/ken-brecher-anthropologist-and-longtime-champion-of-los-angeles-humanities-dies-at-78. THe longtime president of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, Brecher also spent more than a decade leading the Sundance Institute and served as associate artistic director of the Mark Taper Forum in downtown Los Angeles.
From the Sundance Institute:
https://eternalhonoring.com/ken-brecher-obituary-the-visionary-executive-director-of-sundance-institute/
Just a note about Kenny Brecher, written in tribute after reading the welcome remarkable obituaries that Larry Marks distributed. He seemed to me in High School already that person the obituaries portrayed him to have been later on, and throughout his life: vital, brilliant, charismatic, and a leader. He gained stature and prominence as an anthropologist, apparently, and then, through his leadership at Sundance and, I envision, in so many other ways, he had a great impact on American culture and its appreciation of world culture.
