Nope, no anti-conservative bias there!
No, he didn't. He transformed a respected conservative paper into a leftist rag. Believe it or not, as recently as 1964, the Times was one of the few large newspapers to endorse Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) for president.
He probably died of heart-break at what has been done to a previously fine newspaper.
Lewy body disease is a dementia which is caused by damage in the brain. It is similar to Alzheimer's disease, but symptoms are typically different on close examination, with different signs found in the brain after death. The cause is unknown.
Lewy body disease has relatively recently been accepted as a separate disease in its own right.
The disease gets its name because of the deposits which are found in the brain after death (named after the doctor who first wrote about them). Lewy bodies are round deposits which contain damaged nerve cells. They are probably formed as the cells try to protect themselves from attack.
It is increasingly important to diagnose such conditions accurately as new drugs are developed which may be more effective in some types of dementia than in others.
What are the symptoms?
The dementia associated with Lewy body disease affects:
memory
language
the ability to judge distances
the ability to carry out simple actions
the ability to reason.
People with this form of dementia suffer hallucinations for example seeing a person or pet on a bed or a chair when nothing is there.
They may suffer from falls for no apparent reason, because their ability to judge distances and make movements and actions accurately is disrupted.
They may develop some Parkinson type symptoms such as slowness of movement, stiffness and tremor. In a few cases heart rate and blood pressure are affected. The abilities of the affected person often fluctuate from hour to hour, and over weeks and months. This sometimes causes carers to think that the person is putting on their confusion.
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/vob/alzheimers/information/lewbody.htm#What
Sorry to hear of his death. I lived the first 60 years of my life in the LA area and read the LA Times daily for most of those years. He was an interesting and complex person. At Stanford he was a world class shot putter. I did not agree with the direction he took the paper but I understand why he did it. "Privileged Son" by Dennis McDugual is the story of his life and is an interesting read if you are interested in the history of LA. No family influenced the growth of LA more than the Chandler family.