Babitz designed album covers for Linda Ronstadt, the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield. She wrote articles and short stories that appeared in Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, Cosmopolitan, Esquire and Vogue.
A champion of Jewish and progressive causes, the life-long Angeleno was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 28, yet he never let it dim his optimism.
On Aug. 29, actor Ed Asner died at the age of 91. His great-nephew, Zander Edelman, shares some of his memories with us below.