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Former state Sen. Alan G. Sieroty, a Democrat from Beverly Hills who championed disability rights and efforts to protect California’s coast, died Saturday. He was 93.
Sieroty died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by his family, according to his niece Eve Meltzer and longtime friend Evan Kaizer.
Sieroty, whose family founded the Eastern Columbia department store chain, was elected to the California state Assembly in 1966 and served until 1977, when he was elected to the state Senate.
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