Former columnist Susan Lydon dies
By Katherine Pfrommer, STAFF WRITER

from The Oakland Tribune

Susan Gordon Lydon, a founding editor of Rolling Stone and a former Oakland Tribune columnist, died July 15 in Florida after a long battle with cancer. She was 61.

Ms. Lydon was a talented writer who authored three books and contributed to numerous publications over the years, including Ramparts, the Village Voice, the New York Times Magazine and The New York Daily News.

She returned from London's mod scene to a Bay Area in the midst of the cultural revolution in the 1960s. After stops in New York, Minnesota and Boston, she eventually made her way to Oakland.

"My mother was a fierce, powerful and brave woman," said daughter Shuna Lydon of San Francisco. "She lived a life so rich with truth and warmth there are few who do not feel forever in debt to her friendship and companionship."

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