philanthropist Wallis Annenberg dies Los Angeles.

Billionaire philanthropist Wallis Annenberg has died in Los Angeles at the age of 86. Her family says Annenberg died Monday from complications related to lung cancer. Annenberg supported arts, science, education and animal welfare causes over several decades. Her name also adorns institutions across the Los Angeles area, including the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. The Los Angeles Times says that during her 16-year tenure as president and chief executive of the Annenberg Foundation, the nonprofit donated about $1.5 billion to thousands of organizations in Southern California. Her father, Walter Annenberg, started the foundation after selling his publishing empire in 1989. He died in 2002.