R.I.P. Elmer Dills

Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 09.16.08 | 5:25 PM ET

The travel and restaurant critic was an institution in Los Angeles media. He was 82.

Jim Benning is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.

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