STORY AND LINK: Dr. Sherwin Sloan, founder of So Cal Wagner Society, dies at age 72

Dr. Sherwin Sloan, who retired early as an ophthalmologist to pursue an obsession that bestowed another title on him — leader of the "Ringheads," a nickname for devoted followers of Richard Wagner's four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen — has died at age 72.

The life of Sloan, founder of the Wagner Society of Southern California, will be celebrated on Sunday, June 13 at 5:15 p.m. in the LA Opera’s fifth floor ballroom in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The event will follow a performance of Siegfried, part of the LA Opera Ring cycle.

For more, read the Los Angeles Times story HERE.