Richard Levenberg
27.04.1937 – 07.07.2024
Richard S. Levenberg
1937 – 2024
Richard S. Levenberg, affectionately known as “Dick,” passed away on July 7, 2024. Dick was a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, uncle and friend. His legacy is one of love, devotion and passion for life.
Dick was born in Gary, Indiana in 1937, the eldest of four children of Milton and Thelma (Gross) Levenberg. He graduated from Cornell University and later received his law degree from Stanford University Law School, where he served on the Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Coif.
Dick's career has included positions at major corporations such as Great Western United, Shakey's Pizza and Arby's, the State of California and the family-owned American Supply Co. His professional life has been marked by integrity and the pursuit of excellence.
In 1966, Dick married Patricia Booth (Pat) at Temple Emanuel in San Francisco after a chance meeting at the Buena Vista Café. They were married for nearly 58 years, sharing a deep love and a shared joy for life. They moved to Denver in 1970, where they enjoyed the outdoors, skiing, hiking, and making lifelong friends.
The couple moved to Illinois in 1979 to join the family business and raised three children – Josh, Mandy and Wrenn – in Flossmoor. Family was the cornerstone of Dick's life and he cherished the time he spent with his loved ones, especially during Shabbat dinners.
When Dick wasn't playing sports, he was cheering on or coaching his family on the field, and he cheered on his children and eventually his grandchildren at soccer, softball and tennis games.
When he lived in the suburbs and then became a real Chicagoan in 1997, he and Pat tried all the best restaurants, went to movies and museums, saw plays and attended symphony concerts, even in the last weeks of his life. He loved music, especially the former WBEZ radio show Jazz Forum with Dick Buckley and his Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller Band albums.
A loyal Chicago White Sox and Bulls fan his entire life, Dick seamlessly transitioned to cheering for the San Francisco Giants and Warriors after moving to San Francisco in 2014. He was often seen checking the scores on his Apple Watch, even while eating dinner.
Dick was an avid reader and a lifelong learner. He often read more than one book at a time and recommended books for his local library. Whenever he left home, he had a book or newspaper in his hand. After retiring, he took courses at OLLI in Chicago and the FROMM Institute in San Francisco. His intellectual curiosity extended to history, music, and more, enriching his life and that of those around him.
Community service was an important part of Dick's life. He served as president of the Gary Rotary Club, volunteered at Cabrini Green Legal Aid, and was a generous supporter of numerous charities.
He and Pat had a great life together, they loved hosting dinner parties, going out with friends old and new, and although he never wanted to plan the trip, he loved experiencing all of their adventures over the years. He embraced other cultures and loved trying new foods, seeing art from all over the world, and along with Pat, instilled a lifelong love of travel and curiosity in all of their children.
You could please Dick by offering him a Hershey's almond bar, a root beer float, his mother's pea soup, and linguini and clams from Original Joe's. His pastimes included taking walks, watching baseball games, traveling, reading books to his grandchildren, and cheering on the Warriors.
He often said that his greatest accomplishment was raising three wonderful children. Dick is survived by his beloved wife Pat, his children Josh (Verna Kuo), Mandy (Clay McDaniel) and Wrenn (Aaron Andalman), and his eight grandchildren: Alexander, Zoe, Vivi, Stella, Jax, Hazel, Ellery and Levi.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to:
-Jewish Family and Children Services of San Francisco
-The FROMM Institute for Lifelong Learning at the University of San Francisco
-The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
-Cabrini Green Legal Aid, Chicago

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on July 9, 2024.

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Internal Metastatic Melanoma. His stubbornness to give in to cancer was motivated by his need to “vote

that son-of-a-bitch out of office” in November of 2020.

Jack was born on March 13, 1956 to Jack and Leota in Stockton, California. After graduating from

Rosemont High School in 1973, he went on to do a short stint in the US Navy. After military service, he

landed a steady first job as a locksmith for A1 Door. He met his first wife, LaDonna Cook, in 1970, and

they wed in 1975, going on to have three children, Joseph, Joshua, and Jacob.

Jack was a literal jack-of-all-trades, having been a machinist’s mate, locksmith, chimney sweep, janitor,

small business owner, contractor, home builder, truck driver, concrete and asphalt paver, and cannabis

farmer, to name a few. One of his favorite jobs was serving as a Compensated Work Therapy patient in

the vocational rehabilitation program at Willamette National Cemetery. Jack was infamously the last

person you would never see, also working at Roseburg and Tahoma National Cemeteries.

He was proud of his sons and tried his best to support them. Anyone who knew Jack knew that he was a

controversial person who never backed down from an argument, but also a hard-worker who never

wilted in the face of an unpredicted home project or extra hours on the job. An avid San Francisco

Giants and 49ers fan, nearly every year he would make a trip with his sons to see a home series or

football game.

He married Teresa Anderson in 2016, describing her as the woman who was supportive of any endeavor,

emulated the qualities of a good wife, and his best friend. At his end, he moved up the west coast,

winding-up a short drive from his mother’s family in Castle Rock and father’s family in Wenatchee.

Jack was predeceased by his brother Edward Bell, half-sister Kelly Gannon, father Jack Bell, and mother Leota Gannon (Oliver). He is survived by his wife Teresa; three sons Joseph, Joshua, and Jacob; eight

grandchildren Jazmyn, Joshua, Jackson, Madyson, Jaylee, Teagan (Leo), Amelia, and Murphy; and

lifelong friends Bobby Dewis, Bryan Kopf, and Dave Hamrah.

Jack requested no services be held and that his ashes be spread, although he will have a headstone

placed at Willamette National Cemetery. In lieu of cards or flowers, the family requests donations to The

American Cancer Society in his name.

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Today is Thursday, July 6, the 187th day of 2023. There are 178 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On July 6, 1944, an estimated 168 people died in a fire that broke out during a performance in the main tent of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, Connecticut.

On this date:

In 1483, England’s King Richard III was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

In 1777, during the American Revolution, British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga (ty-kahn-dur-OH’-gah).

In 1854, the first official meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan.

In 1885, French scientist Louis Pasteur tested an anti-rabies vaccine on 9-year-old Joseph Meister, who had been bitten by an infected dog; the boy did not develop rabies.

In 1933, the first All-Star baseball game was played at Chicago’s Comiskey Park; the American League defeated the National League, 4-2.

In 1942, Anne Frank, her parents and sister entered a “secret annex” in an Amsterdam building where they were later joined by four other people; they hid from Nazi occupiers for two years before being discovered and arrested.

In 1945, President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order establishing the Medal of Freedom.

In 1957, Althea Gibson became the first Black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title as she defeated fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.

In 1988, 167 North Sea oil workers were killed when explosions and fires destroyed a drilling platform.

In 2015, Pope Francis received a hero’s welcome in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s biggest city, as he celebrated the first public Mass of his South American tour.

In 2016, Philando Castile, a Black elementary school cafeteria worker, was killed during a traffic stop in the St. Paul suburb of Falcon Heights by Officer Jeronimo Yanez. (Yanez was later acquitted on a charge of second-degree manslaughter.)

In 2020, the Trump administration formally notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization; President Donald Trump had criticized the WHO’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. (The pullout was later halted by President Joe Biden’s administration.)

Ten years ago: A runaway train carrying crude oil derailed in eastern Quebec, igniting fires and explosions that destroyed much of the town of Lac-Megantic and killed 47 people. An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport; of the 307 people on board Flight 214, three Chinese teens were killed. A solar-powered aircraft, the Solar Impulse, completed the final leg of a history-making cross-country flight, gliding to a smooth stop at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Marion Bartoli won her first major title, defeating Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-4 in the Wimbledon final. Jimmie Johnson became the first driver in 31 years to sweep Daytona International Speedway.

Five years ago: The United States and China imposed tariffs on billions of dollars of each other’s goods in what Beijing called the “biggest trade war in economic history.” Japan’s Justice Ministry confirmed that six followers of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult had been hanged along with its leader, Shoko Asahara; they had been convicted of crimes including a 1995 sarin gas attack that killed 13 people and sickened thousands of others on the Tokyo subway system. A former Thai navy SEAL died while diving in flooded cave passageways to deliver supplies to 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach who’d been trapped for nearly two weeks.

One year ago: Authorities said a man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in suburban Chicago and then fled to the Madison, Wisconsin, area, where he contemplated shooting up an event there. The gunman instead turned back to Illinois, where he was arrested. A police officer armed with a rifle watched the gunman in the Uvalde elementary school massacre walk toward the campus but did not fire while waiting for permission from a supervisor to shoot, according to a newly released sweeping critique of the tactical response to the tragedy six weeks earlier.

Today’s Birthdays: The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is 88. Singer Gene Chandler is 83. Country singer Jeannie Seely is 83. Actor Burt Ward is 78. Former President George W. Bush is 77. Actor-director Sylvester Stallone is 77. Actor Fred Dryer is 77. Actor Shelley Hack is 76. Actor Nathalie Baye is 75. Actor Geoffrey Rush is 72. Actor Allyce Beasley is 72. Rock musician John Bazz (The Blasters) is 71. Actor Grant Goodeve is 71. Retired MLB All-Star Willie Randolph is 69. Jazz musician Rick Braun is 68. Actor Casey Sander is 68. Country musician John Jorgenson is 67. Former first daughter Susan Ford Bales is 66. Hockey player and coach Ron Duguay (doo-GAY’) is 66. Actor-writer Jennifer Saunders is 65. Rock musician John Keeble (Spandau Ballet) is 64. Actor Pip Torrens is 63. Actor Brian Posehn is 57. Actor Robb Derringer is 56. Political reporter/moderator John Dickerson is 55. Actor Brian Van Holt is 54. Rapper Inspectah Deck (Wu-Tang Clan) is 53. TV host Josh Elliott is 52. Rapper 50 Cent is 48. Actors Tia and Tamera Mowry (MOHR’-ee) are 45. Comedian-actor Kevin Hart is 44. Actor Eva (EH’-vuh) Green is 43. Actor Gregory Smith is 40. Rock musician Chris “Woody” Wood (Bastille) is 38. Rock singer Kate Nash is 36. Actor Jeremy Suarez is 33. San Diego Padres infielder Manny Machado is 31. NBA star Zion Williamson is 23.

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Evan Peters and his father “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”. Richard Jenkins are the favorites to take home the Emmys for Best Actor in a Limited Series/TV-Movie and Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series/TV-Movie, respectively. They’re already Emmy winners in opposite categories, and if they prevail in September, they’ll join a small group of men who have won both limited awards and made-for-television awards.

Just six actors have swept both categories, which have undergone various name changes over the years. Laurence Olivier reigns with a total of five trophies. He has four leads for “The Moon and Sixpence” (1960), “Long Day’s Journey into Night” (1973), “Love Among the Ruins” (1975) and “King Lear” (1984) and one as support for ” Brideshead Reunion’ (1982).

Michael Moriarty has four, but they are asterisked. He has had leading and supporting characters in The Holocaust (1978) and James Dean (2002), respectively, and won two Emmys for the 1974 TV movie The Glass Menagerie. Prior to the making of the 1975 limited television film Supporting Actors, supporting actors competed in supporting roles for drama or comedy, so Moriarty won Best Supporting Actor in a Drama About His Co-Star for The Glass Menagerie Sam Waterston and series regulars MichaelDouglas (“The Streets of San Francisco”) and Will Geer (“The Waltons”). It was also the year of the rash Super Emmys, pitting individual genre winners against each other. Moriarty defeated the champion for Best Comedy Supporting Actor Rob Reiner (“All in the Family”) to win Supporting Actor of the Year.

Next in line are Hume Cronyn And Beau Bridges, each having three. Cronyn is a two-time lead actor for Age-Old Friends (1990) and To Dance with the White Dog (1994). Between those wins, he snagged an assisting trophy for “Broadway Bound” in 1992. Bridges triumphed in the lead for Without Warning: The James Brady Story in 1992 and added a side win for The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom the following year. In 1997 he snagged his second supporting statuette for The Second Civil War.

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Ed Flanders And George C Scott have a win in each category. Like Bridges, Flanders won two straight years, first as support on “A Moon for the Misbegotten” in 1976 and then as lead on “Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking” in 1977. Scott scored a lead trophy for his ” Hallmark Hall of Fame episode The Price in 1971 (the same year he won and declined the Oscar for Patton) and collected his supporting bookend for 12 Angry Men in 1998.

Peters and Jenkins would join the last group. Both were victorious at their first and previously only Emmy Gold for HBO shows, bagging three acting trophies. Jenkins won the lead for “Olive Kitteridge” in 2015, while Peters won the side award for “Mare of Easttown” in 2021.

Peters leads at odds of 18/5 and has already won a Golden Globe for his performance Jeffrey Dahmer and also received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. Sam Eliot won the SAG award, but Peters needn’t worry about him at the Emmys as “1883” isn’t eligible. The first six are rounded off Egerton Conference (“Black Bird”), winner of the Critics Choice Award Daniel Radcliffe (“Strange: The Al Yankovic Story”), Woody Harrelson from the undated “White House Plumbers”, Michael Shannon (“George & Tammy”) and Steve Carl (“The patient”).

Closer is the supporting actor race between Jenkins (odds 19/5) and No. 2 Paul Walter Houses (4/1), who defeated Jenkins at the Globes with his own chilling twist as a suspected serial killer Larry Hall on “Black Bird”. Jenkins hasn’t met another Precursor outside of the Globes, but “Monster’s” visibility and popularity and soft category should make him safe for at least a nom. Domhnall Gleeson (“The Patient”) is third, followed by the late Ray Liotta (“Black bird”), Jharrel Jerome from “Full Circle”, which also has no release date yet, reigning champion Murray Bartlett (“Welcome to Chippendales”) and Dennis Quaid also from “Full Circle”.

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Richard M. Bruhns
April 5, 1940 – March 9, 2023
In Napa, CA, a 5th generation San Franciscan, our dear Rich lost his brave 18 month battle with esophageal cancer after surviving two previous bouts of cancer. Rich had a zest for life that infected everyone who knew him. Humor and fun were things he sought in everything he did. As a talented autodidact on the ukulele, guitar, banjo and dulcimer, he was always looking for the latest challenge. Black and white photography, woodworking, Hawaiian feather art, poetry, scuba diving, skiing, duck hunting, and swing dancing were among the many things he loved. An All-City swimmer in high school, he was a member of the Dolphin Club and swam the Golden Gate several times. Besides everything he loved in his life, he loved his family more than anything. He was so proud of her that he boasted about it to anyone who would listen.
Predeceased of his adored son, Gary Bruhns, and loving parents, Helen and Henry Bruhns, Rich is survived by his esteemed wife, Sally, who is 61 years old; his beloved daughter Renee and Rich Duran; dear son of Greg and Mo Bruhns; dear grandchildren Ellie and Amy Bruhns; and Spencer, Cooper and Calvin Bruhns. Also dear friends Roger, Kareen, Mel, Colin, Harriet, Louie and many other friends and family members.
Rich attended West Portal, Aptos, Lincoln HS and City College in SF before moving to Cal in Berkeley where he met and married Sally, the love of his life, while they were students at Cal. He’s been a loyal Old Blue his whole life – GO BEARS! After graduating with a BA in geography, he was a member of the UA Local 38 Plumbers Union; had a teaching diploma and taught at the apprentice school; worked as a plumber; as a wholesale supplier to his father at Bruhns Sanitary Supply; and graduated as a buyer from AR&B Mechanical Contractors.
After retiring and moving to Napa, Rich became a master gardener in Napa County, where he made many good friends and learned how to grow the most delicious heirloom tomatoes.
Aside from being with family and friends, his favorite thing to do is sip a mai tai at the bar in Kimo’s on Maui while watching the sun go down.
Rich had a warm heart and beautiful soul and will be greatly missed by those who knew him. We shall not see his like again.
Special thanks to Dr. Ari and the staff at the St. Helena Cancer Center and the many doctors who have cared for him over the years. A celebration of his life will take place at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please donate to your preferred charity.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on March 17, 2023.

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in the case of the Colorado Rockies, if they were at the Olympics, they would have had a shorter night.

Olympic baseball, which began Wednesday, has some notable differences from major league baseball

The big guy is the rule of escape that would have saved the Rockies a few innings. The game ends if the team loses at least 10 runs after 7 innings. It shortened the 12-2 win over Philadelphia in Colorado on April 25 and the 12-0 win over San Francisco the next day, May 13, defeating Cincinnati 13-8.

The Olympic Course Rules were introduced by the World Baseball Softball Confederation in all games except the round medal game. A final out also occurred if the team advanced 15 runs after 5 innings.

Olympic baseball is a return to the preanalytical era. Since MLB Statcast is not installed, there are no problems with the spin rate, the exit speed or the starting angle.

“Basically we had nothing,” said American third baseman Todd Frazier after the Americas qualifier. “There was no video. There was no analysis process. This is your bat. Bring your own. “

Here are 10 nuggets to compare and contrast with.

10. The balls are different. The ball is not a Major League Rawlings breed, but a WBSC version with slightly different stitching. On the other hand, the WBSC ran out of baseball at the Americas qualifier in Florida and the organizers switched to minor league balls in the middle of the tournament.

9. Faster in kilometers. The only metric is really a metric: field speeds are listed in Yokohama. Both miles / hour and kilometers / hour stadium scoreboards. To those wondering, the average speed of 99.2 mph led by Jacob DeGrom’s Major League Baseball sounds like it doesn’t get any further at 159.6 km / h.

8. Who is here and who is not. Of course, DeGrom didn’t take part in the Olympics. The Olympics are limited to 40 players who are not on the Major League Baseball roster. Nevertheless, technically qualified players are often blocked by clubs. St. Louis three-time left-handed Matthew Liberatore was scheduled for qualifying for the United States, but the Cardinals refused to send him to Japan. The list has a vintage feel to it. The US team includes Edwin Jackson and David Robertson. The Dominican strike order in the opening round on Wednesday included Jose Bautista, Juan Francisco and Emilio Bonifacio. However, Japan canceled the tournament’s Central League and Pacific League seasons and welcomed Masahiro Tanaka as a pitching staff member. Oh: And the roster is 24 instead of 26.

7. More exiting runners. Even more extreme is the basic rule of placing a runner on second base at the start of each subsequent innings. Runners are placed first and second. MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association hired second base runners in an extra inning last year to get people out of the ballpark faster, but Rob Manfred will be dropped after this season. He said it was likely.

6. Check tick. Similar to Triple-A and Double-A in 2018, a 20-second pitch clock is used as the basis without a runner.

5. Look at the touch. There are also high five restrictions. There is no celebration from the coach while the base is being rolled. “When a batter hits a home run, members of his team are not allowed to touch the batter until he passes home plate,” they say.

4. Access and information. Probably a pitcher? Perhaps. What do you think of the coach before the game? According to WBSC spokesman Richard Baker, he won’t be able to hit the media on game day until the end of the game. Thoughts of game stars? The clubhouse is closed and players have to walk past the media on their way out of the stadium, but not the reporters.

3. Keep things moving. Manager and Coach Hill Trip? There are 3 additional trips in any game without a switch and every 3 additional innings instead of 1 per inning per pitcher with no pitching changes. Managers and trainers with batteries and base runners also have a limit of three stops.

2. There is no home plate collision. It is forbidden to put the barrel in the catcher and try to remove the ball.

1. Notice to HOUSTON ASTROS ALUMNI: “The use of electronic devices during the games is prohibited. Electronic devices such as cell phones, laptops, tablets, camcorders, transceivers, field staff, shelters, bullpen, etc. Do not use to communicate with clubhouse or booth staff. The only exception to this rule is the use of phones / cell phones for communication between the shelter and the bullpen, but such devices are already in place. Must be approved by the WBSC. “

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Raised on the Mohawk reservation in Akwesasne on the border between New York and Canada, Richard Oakes learned at a young age the respect that his Native Americans had. When he was old enough to do something about it, he became a key figure in the American Indian rights movement – largely through the occupation of the dormant Alcatraz prison. Take a look at five things you might not know about Oakes and his tragically brief struggle to recapture his culture.

1. HE WAS A KEY FIGURE IN CREATING NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES IN COLLEGES.

Born in 1942, Oakes moved to San Francisco in his late twenties to study at San Francisco State University. As a student, he found that the lethargic curriculum neglected the Native American contribution. Working with the faculty, he helped develop and launch one of the first Native American Studies departments in the country. Oakes and fellow students also encouraged Native American elders in the ward to take classes.

2. ASSISTANCE IN OUR OCCUPATION OF ALCATRAZ ISLAND.

At SFSU, Oakes appeared to have found his calling in gathering both students and members of the Native American community. To draw attention to the need for further education and awareness of their forgotten history, Oakes and several others traveled to Alcatraz Island in November 1969 to symbolically claim it as Indian land.

3. HE BECAME “MAYOR OF ALCATRAZ”.

Though originally intended as a brief statement, Oakes realized that the dormant federal prison location might actually support long-term occupation. UCLA students helped educate the 100 or so Indians who settled on the island. After people settled in, an elected council was set up and inmates took on a variety of jobs in the abandoned prison facility: cooking, hygiene, teaching, housing, and childcare. Oakes, a charismatic leader, was appointed chief or mayor of the occupation and demanded the charter for the island. Federal agencies didn’t give in: the occupation ended in 1971 after police evicted the country’s remaining residents. (Oakes, whose 13 year old step daughter died there after falling)he stairs 1970, was already gone.)

4. HE Suffered VIOLENCE AS A RESULT OF HIS FAITH.

After leaving Alcatraz, Oakes joined other American Indians in their struggle for equality. He allied with the Pit River Tribe in California and turned against utility companies who claimed their land for their own purposes. Oakes fell victim to tear gas and truncheons. When he returned to San Francisco, he was involved in a bar fight that had rushed him to the hospital.

5. HE WAS GOT SHOT AND KILLED AT THE AGE OF 30.

Oakes undoubtedly had decades of activism and education ahead of him, but he never had the opportunity to experience them. On September 20, 1972, Oakes got into a confrontation with Michael Morgan, a YMCA official whom Oakes alleged abused the young Native American contestants for whom Morgan was responsible. During the argument, Morgan drew a gun and shot Oakes, killing him. A jury later ruled that Morgan had acted in self-defense. He was acquitted.

Despite the tragic end of his life, Richard Oakes achieved a great deal for the Native American people. While he failed to take Alcatraz, the occupation brought new attention to the matter: hundreds more protests were staged, and then President Richard Nixon returned 48,000 acres of land to the Taos Indians. Today, the Richard Oakes Multicultural Center at San Francisco State University is dedicated to Oakes, who dedicated his life to spreading the idea that Native American people determine their own destiny.

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Richard Hake, a WNYC host, reporter, and producer for 28 years, died Friday at his Manhattan home. He was 51 years old.

Goli Sheikholeslami, the executive director of WNYC, confirmed the death on Saturday. A cause of death was not yet known.

“For all of us on New York Public Radio and in the WNYC listening community, Richard was one of the first voices we heard every morning,” said Ms. Sheikholeslami, adding that he liked to say he “woke up in New York.”

Mr. Hake produced and created live radio feature segments for WNYC that focused on breaking news, culture and artistic sound portraits.

His work has also been featured on local and national NPR programs, including “Morning Edition,” which he hosted, “Weekend Edition,” “All Things Considered,” and “On the Media”.

Mr. Hake has received awards from the Associated Press Broadcasters Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, and other organizations for his feature film and documentary work, including the Coney Island Cyclone Anniversary and The Perfume of the Bronx.

Karen Frillmann, editor and colleague of Mr. Hake at WNYC for nearly 20 years, said he was a “very local young man who brought his passions for New York to the WNYC newsroom”.

“He was unshakable as a broadcaster,” she said. “He really had an appetite for everything New York had to offer.”

Ms. Frillmann said Mr. Hake could deliver breaking news as it was still coming in, noting, “He had to fill up a little time and tap dancing and say the right things and not speak wrongly, live on the radio which is really a trick trick. “

“Richard was always calm,” she said, adding that he made the people sitting across from him feel, “OK, we’re just talking to each other.”

Ms. Frillmann recalled the 2003 power outage, in which 50 million people lost power, and said radio station staff worked with flashlights. “That’s hard to do,” she said. “And still be live on the radio and still be coherent.”

Richard Scott Hake was born in the Bronx on January 4, 1969, to Richard James Hake, a New York police officer, and Joy Mekeland, a clerk and secretary. His parents divorced in 1986 and his mother married IT consultant Joseph Colombo in 1994.

Mr. Hake graduated from Fordham University in 1991 and served on the Advisory Board for Masters of Arts in Public Media.

Chuck Singleton, the general manager of Fordham broadcaster WFUV-FM and former professor of Mr. Hake, remembered him in his early college years as driven, hungry, and fearless to step in front of a microphone.

“I worked with him on the newsroom, trained him on the newsroom, and also taught him the style of long-form audio production that NPR is known for,” he said, adding that Mr. Hake went straight to the radio.

Ms. Colombo described her son as a social person who also loved theater. In December 2011 he made his Broadway debut as Chimney Sweep in “Mary Poppins”.

In addition to his mother, Mr. Hake is survived by his father; his stepfather; his brothers Ryan and Jack; and a sister, Christine Hake.

Aimee Ortiz contributed to the coverage.

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In recent months, it has been concluded that Richard Sherman would leave the San Francisco 49ers free. Sherman noted that a return was unlikely due to the 49ers’ cap situation and that other core players like Trent Williams will have to be re-signed.

But with much of the 49ers’ free agent moves and after keeping a ton of players, there is now a chance Sherman will return to San Francisco.

“Corner is an interesting position for the 49ers tonight,” noted ESPN’s Nick Wagoner. “Also worth seeing because CB Richard Sherman told Stephen A. Smith today that a return to San Francisco is not out of the question.”

Wagoner went on to report that Sherman was in free hand with the Las Vegas Raiders, Seattle Seahawks and New Orleans Saints. The future Hall of Fame cornerback expects things to get better once the NFL draft for 2021 ends this weekend.

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Richard Sherman, San Francisco 49ers reunion makes sense

December 13, 2020; Glendale, Arizona, USA; San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman, 25, takes on Washington Football Team in the first half at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

Despite the 49ers’ ability to re-sign freelance agents Jason Verrett, Emmanuel Moseley and K’Waun Williams, there is still a need for depth and veteran presence in the defensive field. Realistically, it would make the most sense to have a healthy Sherman start against Verrett while Moseley moves on to backup duties.

Sherman, 33, signed with San Francisco in 2018 after seven brilliant seasons as the leader of the Seattle Seahawks’ Legion of Boom defense. He battled the 49ers in his first season before earning Pro Bowl honors en route to a Super Bowl appearance in 2019. Last season, Sherman missed all but five games due to an injury.

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As mentioned in the above report, a lot will depend on what the 49ers do on Day 2 of the 2021 NFL draft. Following the pick of No. 3 quarterback Trey Lance overall, San Francisco has 43rd and 102nd selections on Friday, and six other selections to wrap up the annual event on Saturday.

There’s a good chance the 49ers will choose to land one of the best cornerbacks available on the board as soon as round 2 begins. Whether this will change things for Richard Sherman remains to be seen.

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