Shirley Slater, 67, travel writer

LOS ANGELES -- Shirley Slater, 67, a Travel Weekly and Travel Age contributor, died Aug. 23 of complications following chemotherapy.

With her husband, Harry Basch, Slater also wrote the biweekly "Cruise Views" column for the Los Angeles Times travel section and wrote several books and articles on RV vacations.

Slater and Basch were presented with ASTA's Melva C. Pederson award during the 1990 World Congress in Hamburg, Germany.

She is survived by her husband, sons Christopher and John and three grandchildren. No memorial services are planned.

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