The death of the former Times reporter is generating plenty of recollections of his decades-long career at the paper as well as his reputation for being notoriously high-handed. Times columnist Patt Morrison recalls one her colleagues saying that Reich once ended a telephone conversation with these remarks:''... and THAT the north face coats, my good woman gucci heren, is why YOU are a telephone operator and I am a reporter for the Los Angeles Times botas christian louboutin!'' More tributes and memories by the Daily News' Rick Orlov and L.A. Observed. Times staff are working on an obituary. -- Jesus Sanchez

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