Elmer Dills, 82
(Wire Reports) Restaurant and travel critic Elmer Dills, whose radio and television reports spanned nearly three decades, has died. He was 82.Dills died Monday at Pasadena's Huntington Memorial Hospital, according to Los Angeles television station KABC, where he dished out his reports on Southern California dining.
He developed his vast knowledge of food and wine as an officer with the Central Intelligence Agency. He entertained heads of state and other VIPs before leaving the diplomatic service after more than 20 years.
Dills then hosted a KABC radio talk show on dining and travel before becoming a KABC-TV regular reporting on area restaurants.
Dills also did travel features for the station with the late Fred Anderson, then partnered later with Ric Romero.
"Working with Elmer on all of those vacation getaways was some of the most fun I've had working in this business," Romero said.
Dills is survived by his wife Lynne and four grown children. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Posted by Michael Higby @ 9/16/2008 09:42:00 AM
4 Comments:
He was buried on a bed of rice, topped with gorgonzola.
You can depend on posters here for boorish responses to passings as surely as the sun rises in the east.
One thing I agreed with but many obviously didn't was his reaction when he went to visit the Cheesecake Factory in Pasadena on a weekend. He was told there would be a 2 to 3 hour wait, a normal thing for the weekends. “I wouldn’t spend three hours waiting for the best restaurant in Paris, why would I do that for the Cheesecake Factory?” said Elmer, before leaving the restaurant.
Near Old Town Pasadena.
I relished his commentary on fine dining in the greater Los Angeles area (no pun intended). I wondered why he suddenly disappeared off of KABC-TV. He certainly knew his stuff when it came to restaurants.
He will be sorely missed.
Michael Finnegan
CD-5
Okay. He was buried on a bed of romaine drizzled with balsamic vinegar.
Seriously, no one paid attention to your comment, and mine certainly got a laugh or two.
Dills would thank me and slap you in the kisser, DILLweed.
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