Don Pickett, former Dipsea Race winner, dies at 95
Don Pickett, long known locally as “Mr. Dipsea,” died Sunday in his home in Tiburon, his wife Patti at his bedside. He was 95.
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Don Pickett, long known locally as “Mr. Dipsea,” died Sunday in his home in Tiburon, his wife Patti at his bedside. He was 95.
The San Rafael resident was noted for his work on his family's landmark property in the Canal area and for co-founding the Bayside Marin rehabilitation center.
Hans Schmid, who holds the distinctions of being both the oldest runner to win the Dipsea Race and the oldest to receive a black shirt for a top-35 finish, died on Sunday at the age of 83.
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