via NPR
Michael Hastings, the journalist whose candid interviews of Gen. Stanley McChrystal led to the officer’s eventual removal from his post, has died in a car crash. The news was announced Tuesday by BuzzFeed, which employed Hastings, 33. He was reportedly killed in an accident this morning in Los Angeles
Rolling Stone obit here.
native to the place 
is there a better story to link to, one with more info and no trolls in the comments talking trash?
I was going to link to the NYT obit when it went up. Will add that one too. Thanks for the heads up.