Bob Timmins, an addiction specialist who is credited with salvaging the lives of celebrity drug users by steering them to sobriety and helping them stay there, died of respiratory failure Wednesday at his home in Marina Del Rey, Calif. He was 61. In recent years, Timmins conducted his work while battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Though little known by the general public, Timmins was a titan in the world of recovery. Some of his clients -- members of the band Mötley Crüe and Aerosmith -- have spoken about his role in helping them avoid drug abuse. But most preferred anonymity, a request Timmins took pride in honoring.
Francis Pym, 86, an antagonist of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who served as her foreign secretary during the Falklands War, died Friday in London after a long illness, his family said. He served as defense secretary in Thatcher's first term. In 1982, he was elevated to foreign secretary during the Falkland Islands war after the resignation of Peter Carrington. Thatcher fired Pym after winning the 1983 election.
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