What is John Van de Kamp?
{{Infobox officeholder |birthname=John Kalar Van de Kamp |image=John Van de Kamp 2012.jpg |imagesize=170px |caption=Van de Kamp in 2012 |birth_date={{Birth date|1936|2|7}} |birth_place=[[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|3|14|1936|2|7|mf=y}} |death_place = [[Pasadena, California]], U.S. |order=[[List of Attorneys General of California|28th]] |office=Attorney General of California |term_start=January 3, 1983 |term_end=January 7, 1991 |governor=[[George Deukmejian]] |predecessor=[[George Deukmejian]] |successor=[[Dan Lungren]] |office2=[[Los Angeles County District Attorney|37th Los Angeles County District Attorney]] |term_start3=July 1, 1975 |term_end3=July 1, 1981 |predecessor3=[[Joseph P. Busch]] |successor3=[[Robert Philibosian]] |party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |alma_mater= [[Dartmouth College]] <small>([[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]])</small><br />[[Stanford Law School]] <small>([[Juris Doctor|J.D.]])</small> }} '''John Van de Kamp''' (February 7, 1936 – March 14, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. He served as [[Los Angeles County District Attorney]] from 1975 until 1981, and then as the 28th [[California Attorney General|Attorney General of California]] from 1983 until 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ag.ca.gov/ag/history/aghistory.php |title=California Attorney General - 1850 to Present - California Dept. of Justice - Office of the Attorney General<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2017-03-15 |archive-date=2008-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080217044123/http://ag.ca.gov/ag/history/aghistory.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> Van de Kamp died at his Pasadena home on March 14, 2017 from a short-illness, aged 81.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Matt Stevens|newspaper=Los Angeles Time|title=John Van de Kamp, former California attorney general and L.A. County district attorney, dies at 81|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-van-de-kamp-20170315-story.html|date=March 15, 2