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William Theophilus Brown, a UC Berkeley alumnus and American painter associated with the Bay Area Figurative Movement, died Feb. 8 in his apartment at San Francisco Towers. He was 92. Brown came to know some of the biggest names in art throughout his career, according to a September essay written
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Vladimir Debabov, a UC Berkeley junior in the Haas School of Business, died Saturday after being the victim of a hit-and-run near Davis. He was 21. The incident occurred at about 3:50 a.m., when Debabov was walking north on Highway 113 and was struck by a vehicle, which left after
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Ira Michael Heyman, chancellor of UC Berkeley from 1980 to 1990, died at home on Saturday after an extended battle with emphysema. He was 81. During his tenure as chancellor, Heyman focused on a wide variety of issues, most notably increasing diversity, spearheading the campus’s first major fundraising campaign —
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UC Berkeley graduate Sharmi Doshi, known for her sense of humor, eloquence and passion, died in the early hours of Monday morning after falling off a building in India. She was 23. Doshi, who graduated from UC Berkeley in spring 2010, sustained fatal injuries after falling from the 11th floor
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