(L.A.) Lynn Ross, 61, Ended His Life

Case Number: 2020-10248

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 61-year-old Black male in the downtown L.A. area.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Lynn Ross, registered resident of 2346 Cotner Avenue in the 90064.

Manner of Death: Suicide

Cause of Death: Hanging

RIP LYNN ROSS (September 11, 1959 – November 2, 2020)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Monday at 8:14 p.m.

Incident Location: Southern Hotel SRO
412 East 5th Street #111, Los Angeles, CA 90013

Single Room Occupancy is a form of housing that is typically aimed at residents with low or minimal incomes, or single adults who like a minimalist lifestyle, who rent small, furnished single rooms with a bed, chair, and sometimes a small desk. SRO units are rented out as permanent residence and/or primary residence to individuals, within a multi-tenant building where tenants share a kitchen, toilets or bathrooms.

The Southern (Hotel) is a 55-unit SRO housing facility.

Note that the decedent’s address of “2346 Cotner Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90064” belongs to The Claire & Charles Orr Center The Steve & Rita Emerson PATH Ventures Center.

PATH stands for People Assisting the Homeless.

There is a birth record for a Lynn D Ross, born on September 11, 1959, in San Francisco County, California. His mother’s maiden name is McLaurin.