Long-time Chez Panisse welcomer Fritz Streiff died Sept. 28 at age 72. https://www.dailycal.org/news/obituary-news/a-reassuring-familiarity-former-chez-panisse-welcomer-fritz-streiff-dies-at-72/article_03ac15dd-c9d5-59b2-b94e-9613c3a82f05.html
Ying Lee, Berkeley’s first Asian American city councilmember, has died, leaving behind a memory of her kind spirit and fierce activism. https://www.dailycal.org/news/city/city-government/a-fearless-trailblazer-berkeley-s-1st-asian-american-council-member-ying-lee-dies/article_7291e5e5-a2d6-5f0a-b173-a9d5129d555f.html
Gene “The Dream” Ransom, one of the most successful basketball players to come out of UC Berkeley, was killed Feb. 4 while driving on I-880 in Oakland. https://www.dailycal.org/news/obituary-news/cal-basketball-hall-of-fame-player-gene-ransom-shot-killed-on-i-880/article_ac040b78-6394-54b9-a352-00d1aef6c38b.html
Marsha Saxton, UC Berkeley lecturer in disability studies and renowned disability rights activist, died Dec. 1. https://www.dailycal.org/news/obituary-news/community-mourns-loss-of-disability-activist-uc-berkeley-lecturer-marsha-saxton/article_1d9e3b9a-4fb1-576e-9da3-e932c2aa446c.html
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