Holly Prado, poet who championed L.A.’s literary scene, dies at 81

Holly Prado, an admired poet, fiction writer and educator who championed what she came to see as Los Angeles’ under-recognized literary scene, has died at the age of 81.

Prado was proofreading her latest book, “Weather,” at the time of her death June 14 in West Hills. The cause of her death was…