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Len Lamensdorf, author, and mainstay of the Santa Barbara Writers in the Trenches literary group, died on July 29, 2024, in hospice, in Camarillo, California.
He was 94 and will be missed by everyone who loved good writing.
To remember Len, enjoy a tuna sandwich for lunch at Harry’s Bar.
Burial will be private.
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