Rich Connell, an award-winning investigative reporter and city-county bureau chief for The Times whose deep knowledge of L.A. government helped shape a generation of young reporters, died Friday at 71.The suspected cause of death was a heart attack, said Ian Connell, his son.Connell's three decades at The Times included working on the paper's investigative team where he chronicled the international rise of Mara Salvatrucha, the gang known as MS-13, uncovered a federal corruption investigation of Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alatorre and exposed flaws in the 911 emergency response system.
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