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Obituary

Monday, August 16, 2021

‘Sounds like an angel’: Author, museum director Ellen Weis dies at 64

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Author and San Francisco Museum of Modern Mythology co-founder Ellen Weis dies at 64.

Ellen Weis, author, Museum of Modern Mythology director and Berkeley publicist, died of brain cancer on July 27 at age 64.
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