LOS ANGELES — Longtime Southland philanthropist Wallis Annenberg — whose family name graces everything from a performing arts center in Beverly Hills to a wildlife crossing in Agoura Hills has died.

The Los Angeles Times reported that Annenberg died at her home July 28 from complications of lung cancer. She was 86.

“Wallis transitioned peacefully and comfortable … to her new adventure,” her family said in a statement to The Times. “She was surrounded with love. Cancer may have beaten her body but it never got her spirit. We will hold her and her wisdom in our hearts forever.”

The Annenberg name is ubiquitous in the Los Angeles area, including the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica, the Wallis Annenberg GenSpace in Koreatown, the Wallis Annenberg Building at the California S

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