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Julia Vinograd, considered Berkeley’s unofficial poet laureate and known to many as the “Bubble Lady,” died Wednesday after struggling against cancer for two months. She was 75.
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Berkeley internet comedian Brandon Moore, or Young Busco, known as the creator of the viral “What are those?” meme, died Nov. 25 at the age of 31, leaving behind his nine children and a legacy of humor.
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According to San Francisco Police Department Officer Joseph Tomlinson, Christie was headed east on Broadway on a motorcycle when she crashed into a vehicle at Broadway and Stockton Street about 5:57 a.m. She died of her injuries at a local hospital.
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Born in New York City on July 12, 1938, Schweter graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Schweter worked as an engineer on merchant ships, often spending six months of the year out at sea before he retired in 1999.
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After her diagnosis in August 2017, she left Berkeley to receive treatment in Los Angeles and spend time with her family and new dog Kevin, who was nicknamed Beany because Lee used to call people “human beans,” according to her older sister, Sharyn.
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After the accident, which took place near the Campanile on South Drive and Carillon Road, Lim was treated at the scene and transported to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries. A ceremony for Lim was held in El Cerrito on Monday morning to honor his legacy.
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The accident took place during a trip with his girlfriend Victoria Nauman, which they’d been planning for a year in advance. On their way back to Berkeley, the two stopped at Toketee Falls to view what Lewinstein referred to as “the waterfall of all waterfalls.”
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Late U.S. senator John McCain, longtime politician and Vietnam War veteran, died of cancer Saturday — one day after deciding to end all medical treatment. He was 81.
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Renowned poet and biographer Tom Clark, 77, died several hours after he was hit by a car in North Berkeley on Aug. 17.
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Berck earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He returned to campus as an assistant professor in 1976, where he remained for the duration of his career. Berck never retired, continuing to advise students and conduct research even as his illness worsened, according to his wife Cyndi Berck.
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