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Described as having an energetic nature and as a “social justice warrior” for her Latinx community, UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare alumna Sylvia Bracamonte died at age 33 on March 20.
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Remembered as a passionate engineer, nature lover, friend and devoted son, campus alumnus Timothy Sennott died at age 34 on Jan. 21.
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Former director of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Kevin Consey died Feb. 26 at the age of 68.
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Renowned homeless rights activist Mike Zint, who founded the advocacy group First They Came for the Homeless, died at noon Feb. 14 after a lengthy battle with emphysema.
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Former UC Berkeley music reference librarian and well-known child star Ann Basart died Feb. 7 at the age of 88 due to complications from dementia.
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UC Berkeley professor emeritus of molecular and cell biology Harry Rubin, who was a pioneer in conducting cancer cell biology research, died Feb. 2 at the age of 93.
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Former UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor Watson “Mac” Laetsch, who was also a professor emeritus of plant biology, died Jan. 5 at the age of 86.
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Former principal of Berkeley High School Jim Slemp died in Oregon on Jan. 7. Slemp was the BHS principal for seven years.
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Doug Tygar — a UC Berkeley School of Information and electrical engineering and computer sciences department professor — unexpectedly died Jan. 16 at the age of 57.
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Friends and acquaintances of UC Berkeley alumnus Dan Cheatham gathered at Alumni House on Sunday evening for a memorial in Cheatham’s honor.
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