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Remembering Frank Daar, who helped bring leftist Berkeley candidates to power in the '70s

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By Roberta C. Brooks, Loni Hancock
| Berkeleyside Verified
Frank Daar. Credit: Friends of Frank Daar With great love and respect we inform community of the passing of Frank Daar, a longtime community member and a leader in the social and political movements that shaped Berkeley in the 1960s and ‘70s.
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Sheila Daar of Berkeley, a veritable Renaissance woman

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By Roberta C. Brooks
| Berkeleyside Verified
Sheila Daar. Courtesy family Sheila Daar, June 25, 1943 – Sept. 5, 2020 Sheila Daar died early Sept. 5 after a long battle with dementia. It is very hard to describe in a few words Sheila Daar, as she was a real force of nature. The first words that come to mind: she was a real “Renaissance woman.” She had five extremely successful careers, was a very active retiree and an activist her entire life. Sheila was an “Air Force brat”  and grew up in several places, including a few years in England.
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