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Article: Mercury News news veteran found dead: CAUSE OF DEATH UNDER INVESTIGATION.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- June 21, 2007
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Byline: Sandra Gonzales
Jun. 21--Richard Ramirez, a longtime Mercury News employee who mentored young journalists and served as a key link to the community for the paper, was found dead Wednesday at his home in Livermore.
Police are investigating the cause of his death, but did not release any other information.
"Rich's death is a tragedy that has stunned all of us," said Carole Leigh Hutton, Mercury News executive editor. "He had a gentility about him that made him very easy to work with, but his professionalism and commitment to this newspaper and its community were always clear."
Ramirez, 44, came to the Mercury News in 1984 as an ...