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Kevin Starr
American historian (1940-2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kevin Starr (September 3, 1940 ā January 14, 2017) was an American historian. He was born in San Francisco, California. Starr was best known for his multi-volume series on the history of California, collectively called "Americans and the California Dream".[1]
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Starr died of a heart attack in San Francisco on January 14, 2017, aged 76.[2]