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Chandler became publisher of the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 1960. After stinging criticisms of the quality of reporting at The Times, he quickly increased the budget of the paper allowing it to expand its coverage and the quality of the publication. This coincided with the shift of the paper from a 'conservative rag' to a progressive and outspoken reporter of the events of the day. He is credited with the rise of the ''Times'' to one of the best newspapers in the U.S. David Halberstam wrote in his 1979 book ''The Powers That Be'': "No publisher in America improved a paper so quickly on so grand a scale, took a paper that was marginal in qualities and brought it to excellence as Otis Chandler did." {Link without Title} In 1980, he became chairman of Times Mirror Corporation and wound back his involvement in the running of the company. He handed control to people outside the family in the mid-1980s and became involved in other interests such as the Chandler Vintage Museum Of Transportation , which he founded. In the late 1990s, he became critical of a perceived decline in the ''Times''. He was not involved in negotiations by other members of the Chandler family to the Tribune Company but welcomed the outcome. He died of Lewy Body Disease at age 78. REFERENCES
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