SF News Local Legend and Pioneering Trans Performer Vicki Marlane Dies at 76 Beloved local legend Vicki Marlane died this morning at 7 a.m. of an undisclosed illness. She was 76. Nicknamed "The Lady With the Liquid Spine" for her trademark, sultry flexibility while lip
SF News Pioneering Environmentalist Kay Kerr, Founder of Save the Bay, Dies at 99 We'd like to bring your attention to an obituary of particular local importance: Catherine "Kay" Kerr, wife of a one-time chancellor at UC Berkeley and co-founder of the early environmental activism group Save
SF News Pat Cody, Co-Founder of Cody's Books, Dies at 87 Patricia Cody, who with her husband Fred co-founded Cody's Books in Berkeley in 1956, died Thursday at Kaiser Hospital in Oakland. She was 87. The Codys settled in Berkeley after meeting at Columbia
SF News Another Child Star, Gary Coleman, Dies Before His Time We don't know the full details just yet, but we'd heard that former child star Gary Coleman was hospitalized in Utah after falling in his home, and he has now died at the
SF News August Coppola, Brother of Francis, Creator of Tactile Dome, Dies at 75 August Coppola, who served as dean of the College of Creative Arts at San Francisco State and who created the famed Tactile Dome at the Exploratorium, died last week at his home in