Larry David Kusche attended Phoenix College and graduated from ASU. 

He was a pilot, a flight instructor, a flight engineer for TWA, a math teacher, reference librarian at Arizona State University, aviation technical writer for Allied Signal, and author of The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved, The Disappearance of Flight 19, and Popcorn Cookery.

Larry was predeceased by his father Russell, his mother Margaret, his beloved step-mother Rachel, a brother and a sister.

A private memorial was held on Aug. 22, 2024.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to Hospice of the Valley (hov.org) in Larry's name.