John MacArthur, the 86-year-old pastor of a Los Angeles megachurch, died after being hospitalized with pneumonia.

John MacArthur was the pastor of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles since 1969. He was thrust into national attention during the Covid-19 pandemic.

People of a certain age might remember the songwriter Jimmy Webb’s weirdly compelling “MacArthur Park,” with its refrain that begins: “MacArthur’s Park is melting in the dark.” Growing up in the East, I had never heard of MacArthur Park when the song hit the charts in 1968, and I wasn’t sure it was a real place.

21 MacArthur fellows awarded $625K in ‘genius grants’ The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Tuesday announced 21 people will each receive $625,000 over five years to use as they ...

Author Viet Thanh Nguyen (Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images) Vietnamese-American author Viet Thanh Nguyen was among 22 individuals honored with a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation on Wednesday, an award that provides its recipients with a no-strings-attached stipend of $625,000 paid out over the next five years. The recognition is only the latest accolade earned by the 46-year-old ...