Intersection Named for Journalist Theo Wilson

An intersection in the Hollywood Heights neighborhood where the late New York Daily News journalist Theo Wilson lived was named in her honor Friday by the Los Angeles City Council.

Wilson lived in the neighborhood south of the Hollywood Bowl for 25 years before suffering a fatal stroke as she left for a television interview promoting the publication of her memoir, “Headline Justice.” The book recounts famous trials she covered as a reporter and West Coast correspondent for her newspaper.

Brooklyn-born Wilson rallied neighbors to save trees, started a community newspaper and helped found the Hollywood Heights Assn.

“Theo was the linchpin that held us all together,” said Joyce Breiman, president of the association. “Her warmth, her generosity, her spirit are what gave our street its uniqueness, its character, its stability.”

A longtime friend, Associated Press court reporter Linda Deutsch, said the designation of Glencoe Way and Camrose Drive, to be marked by a sign reading “Theo Wilson Square,” was a happy moment for Wilson’s neighbors.

Delph Wilson said his mother might have been taken aback by all the fuss, however. “She would have been proud,” he said. But “she probably would say this was overdone.”