[dropcap size=big]L[/dropcap]inda Mulvey died homeless. She was 59 when she was found unresponsive in a downtown alley. Donald Ruby died after collapsing on a sidewalk, a five-minute drive from a hospital. And the body of Donald Rickman was found in the driver seat of the car he lived in. He was 70.
They were among the 1,989 people identified by name as having died homeless in Los Angeles County from January 2016 to June 2018, according a list of homeless deaths [downloadable link] investigated by the L.A. County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.
Beside each name on the list are such details as their “death date,” “death place,” and “death address.”
On New Year's Eve, about 50 people filled the front rows of the cacophonous nave of the First Unitarian Church in Koreatown to remember people who died unhoused on L.A.’s sidewalks, in its its alleys, encampments, and in cars.