Ruth Batchelor

Married to, and divorced from, airplane magnate George Batchelor. They had 2 sons, Falcon (deceased) and Douglas. Today, Douglas is more commonly known as television evangelist Doug Batchelor, speaker for the Amazing Facts television and radio ministry. Ms. Batchelor began her career as a songwriter, writing songs for Elvis Presley. She also wrote several musicals, including a version of "Tom Jones" for CBS-TV. In 1971, she released an album of women's liberation songs called "Reviving a Dream" on Femme Records, a company she began. Ms. Batchelor founded the Los Angeles Film Critics Association in 1975, and was its president and executive director for three years. She was an entertainment reporter for ABC Television's "Good Morning America" and a film critic for National Public Radio. In addition to her husband Peter Kory, she is survived by a son, Douglas, of Covelo, Calif.; her parents, Lil and Albert Tarshis of Las Vegas, Nev.; a sister, Lolo Berkoff, and a brother, Stanley Gordon, both of Los Angeles, and three grandchildren.