Louis Zamperini -- the Olympic athlete turned World War II hero who died Wednesday -- will continue to be honored as the grand marshal for the 2015 Rose Parade, a role he was chosen for earlier this ...

The 1936 Olympian survived a harrowing two years after crashing his plane in World War II One of the most incredible American lives of the past century has come to an end. Louis Zamperini, a former ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Louis Zamperini, a local military hero and Olympian who was chosen to be the grand marshal for the 2015 Rose Parade, has died. Zamperini's family said he died from pneumonia on ...

Torrance icon Louis Zamperini, the Olympic speedster and World War II hero whose personal story of sacrifice and resilience resonated worldwide, died Wednesday, just months before he was hoping to see ...

They were dubbed America’s Greatest Generation. And among their ranks, it would be hard to top the story of Louis Zamperini, whose story in the past couple years has reached global audiences via Laura ...

The late Louis Zamperini wasn’t in this year’s Rose Parade as its grand marshal, but his children represented him and said they were excited to be a part of the event. “I can’t think of a New Year’s ...

Louis Zamperini, a World War II prisoner of war survivor and former Olympic distance runner, has died. He was the subject of Lauren Hillenbrand's book, “Unbroken,” which was adapted into a film ...

Four months before his death, Louis Zamperini sat down with Tom Brokaw and Angelina Jolie to talk about “Unbroken,” the film she is making about his life. But before they talked about the movie, ...

Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who as an airman during World War II crashed in the Pacific, was listed as dead and spent 47 days adrift in a life raft before being captured by the Japanese and ...

The incredible tale of Louis Zamperini originally came to the screen in 2014 in Angelina Jolie's Unbroken. The film chronicled the Olympic athlete's long survival at sea on a raft after his bomber was ...

He was called “The Zamp” when he competed in the 5,000 meter run at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and broke the Nazi color code by sharing a room with Jesse Owens. He was hailed a war hero for surviving ...

LOS ANGELES -- Seventy years ago, the world was convinced that Louis Zamperini was dead. There had been no word of the track star and former Olympian since his World War II bomber crashed into the ...