Frank del Olmo (May 18, 1948 — February 19, 2004) was an editor, columnist and reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where he started as an intern in 1970. He graduated magna cum laude from California State University, Northridge with a degree in journalism in the same year and was recognized as both the outstanding journalism graduate and the outstanding overall graduate. He continued to work at the Los Angeles Times until he died of a heart attack in his office 34 years later. During his career, he was awarded with an Emmy Award, Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, and the Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University.