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    A Sad Ending: Johanna Cooper

    KCRW lost a good friend last week. Johanna Cooper co-produced our two popular and award-wining Jewish Stories series. We honor her memory with a personal remembrance by KCRW's General Manager, Ruth Seymour...

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    KCRW placeholderBy Sarah Spitz • Jul 15, 2008 • 1 min read

    Johanna Cooper, who helped KCRW Manager Ruth Seymour produce two series of Jewish Stories and was a gifted radio documentarian, died Thursday, July 10, of complications from breast cancer. She leaves a husband, a son of 15, a daughter of 11 and an elderly and infirm mother. This program is in her honor. A remembrance of her appears in the September (2008) Guide. She was a beautiful spirit and a joy to work with and to know.

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      Sarah Spitz

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