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Zachary Baggins, a Berkeley High School alumnus and a junior studying computer animation and game design at CSU Chico, died March 14 at the age of 20.
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Erich Martin Frisch, a Berkeley native who died March 24 at the age of 59, is remembered by family and friends for his great sense of humor, insightful opinions and friendliness.
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A certain vibrance will be missing on the corner of Telegraph and Durant Avenues after street vendor Twigger “Twig” Shellman — a “Bay Area Legend” — died in a car accident earlier this week at the age of 67.
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During his time on campus, Byrne established the Quaternary Paleoecology Lab and was an associate curator with the UC Museum of Paleontology, or UCMP.
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Those who knew David Matza remember him as always being deep in thought. Matza, professor emeritus of sociology at UC Berkeley until 1992, died March 14.
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Bob Piper, a member of the Sierra Club and a transit and land use activist, died in early March. He was 86 years old, according to Berkeleyside.
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Brianna Combash, a Berkeley resident who was struck by an Amtrak train March 27 while riding her bicycle, died at the age of 31.
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Mel Gordon, a drama scholar and retired UC Berkeley professor of theater, dance and performance studies, or TDPS, died March 22 at the age of 71.
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Bonnie Reiss, a member of the UC Board of Regents and former senior adviser to former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, died at the age of 62 on Monday after battling cancer for one year.
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Renowned as an innovative composer and musician, UC Berkeley professor emeritus of music Olly Wilson, who died March 12 at 80 years old, will be remembered by colleagues and friends for his many talents and his advocacy work on campus.
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