OBIT NEWTON

A hotel employee photographs the vehicle that photographer Helmut Newton had been driving before a crash in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 23, 2004. Newton lost control of the vehicle as he was leaving the Chateau Marmont hotel, police said. It hit a wall across the street. Newton was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he died a short time later, said Officer April Harding, a police spokeswoman. (AP Photo/Ann Johansson)