Cathy Siepp – 1957-2007

March 21st, 2007 by Celeste Fremon

LA writer, pundit, mom, rescuer of stray animals, brave and outrageous babe. Rest In Peace.

Here’s the Times obit.

Better yet, here’s what Sandra Tsing Loh had to say about Cathy over at writer Nancy Rommelmann’s blog.

Posted in Los Angeles writers | 7 Comments »

7 Responses

1. richard locicero Says:
   March 21st, 2007 at 7:36 pm

   Didn’t she once have a psuedonomous column on the LA TIMES in LOS ANGELES magazine?

2. Celeste Fremon Says:
   March 21st, 2007 at 11:15 pm

   It was in the old BUZZ magazine and she was famously critical of the Times. It was quite outrageous and clever. Obviously Cathy was a hard core member of the loyal opposition, but with a lovely mind and a great heart—all reasons why a lot o’ liberals counted her as a friend.

3. richard locicero Says:
   March 22nd, 2007 at 9:25 am

   Right.

   One of my favorite parts of that mag.

   Thanks

4. nancy Says:
   March 22nd, 2007 at 10:26 am

   Her pseudonym was Margo McGee, apparently after one of the characters in the comic strip that ran in the Times

5. richard locicero Says:
   March 22nd, 2007 at 11:01 am

   And somehow this seems like a good place to wish the best to Elizabeth and John Edwards.

6. Celeste Fremon Says:
   March 22nd, 2007 at 4:56 pm

   Yep. What Richard said. Where ever one is in the political spectrum, this is not happy news. I never understood people’s desire to have a beer with George Bush. (McCain? Maybe. Hilary? Not so much.)

   But I’d happily have a margarita or two with Elizabeth Edwards.

7. richard locicero Says:
   March 22nd, 2007 at 6:35 pm

   See Jane Hmsher’s remarks on this over at FIREDOGLAKE.he notes that one of the people wishing her well during her recent cancer treatments was Elizabeth.