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Mayor Ed Lee of San Francisco at his office in City Hall in 2014.
Jim Wilson/The New York Times; thumbnail, Paul Sakuma/Associated Press, 2011
Ed Lee
Died on December 12, 2017 at age 65
Mr. Lee was a lawyer and affordable housing advocate who in 2011 became the first Asian-American mayor of San Francisco.
Notable Deaths 2017
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