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Jack Kirk dead at 100

Posted by planetultramarathon on February 2, 2007

Jack Kirk, the Dipsea Demon, 67-time consecutive finisher of the Dipsea

Race, died Monday at age 100.

My video tribute to Jack is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaq8zqLE_Ak

Articles about Jack:

San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/01/BAGB8NSRSD1.DTL&hw=jack+kirk&sn=001&sc=1000

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/01/31/state/n233846S18.DTL&hw=jack+kirk&sn=002&sc=662

Marin Independent Journal

http://www.marinij.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?articleId=5123438&siteId=234

http://www.marinij.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?articleId=5132341&siteId=234

http://www.marinij.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?articleId=4438412&siteId=234

http://www.marinij.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?articleId=5118598&siteId=234

RIP

Steve Patt

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