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Marvin Dean, advocate 'for the disenfranchised,' has died
Marvin Dean, ,66, three-time candidate for Bakersfield City Council Ward 1, died Sunday after a brief illness. Dean grew up in Ward 1 and graduated from Bakersfield High School in 1970. "We’ve lost a Driller who really cared about the Driller Way, but he also cared about his community," Mayor Karen Goh said about Dean. "That’s going to be a loss for our community. " He founded the Kern Minority Contractors Association in 1988 to help small local contractors receive public-sector contracts. Path to Full Story on 29 Eyewitness News
