The Mayor reports the lose of our local hero/benefactor/resident/friend: Warren Hellman. The well known philanthropist passed away over the weekend of complications related to leukemia. The front page article in the Chronicle is too long to duplicate here, but is worth reading on SFgate.com.
We will miss his presence and his generosity. He has been coming to Tahoma his whole life, enjoying his family gatherings at Sugar Pine Point annually ever since he first came here over 75 years ago. While he has been witness to many changes here and in the Bay Area, he never forgot the enduring beauty of Lake Tahoe, Tahoma, its surroundings, and its people. He enjoyed playing his banjo in the lakeside gazebo at the Point, often accompanied by his band, The Wronglers.
Recently, the City of San Francisco renamed the Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park Hellman Meadow in his honor, a fitting tribute to the founder of the Not Strictly Bluegrass Concert held in that location every October for the last 11 years. It is a free concert open to all featuring the biggest names in country music and modern folk rock. He paid for it with his own money with which he was most generous.
R.I.P Warren Hellman
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