Former Easy Reader photographer and Hermosa helicopter pilot die in crash
Michael Justice and Easy Reader arts editor Bondo Wyszpolski at the Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center during a photo exhibit the two collaborated on, titled “Alone in the Moonlight: Portraits of the Muse.” Photo Photographer Michael Justice, a long time contributor to Easy Reader, and helicopter pilot Christopher Reed, of Hermosa Beach, died Wednesday after their helicopter crashed in Los Angeles Harbor. Los Angeles Port Police divers recovered their bodies Thursday morning in the water near the Point Fermin Lighthouse, just down the hill from Justice’s San Pedro home. Justice was 61. Reed would have been 42 on Thursday. The two had taken off from Torrance Airport at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, on an assignment from the Los Angeles Harbor Department to photograph arriving cruise ships. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Easy Reader 15th anniversary cover art. Photo by Michael Justice. Design by Bob Staake During his years as Easy Reader’s staff photographer in the early 1980s, Justice was known for being both enthusiastic and adventuresome. His photos included coverage of the 1981 Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant blockade and an underground MMA fight in Carson between a…
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