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Richard John Wylie

San Jose, California

1933 - 2019

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Richard John WylieDecember 13, 1933 - December 21, 2018Richard John Wylie of San Jose, California, known as Dick Wylie to family and friends, died peacefully at age 85 in his home on December 21.Son of John and Ruth Wylie, Dick Wylie was born in Fresno and grew up in Palo Alto, graduating from...

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Though I didn't know Mr. Wylie personally, I knew of his involvement with the Robert Kennedy campaign in 1968. As a teenage Democratic Party volunteer in the early 1970's, I was inspired by Mr. Wylie's example to continue being involved in political activism despite the sadness and great emotional loss of Robert Kennedy. My condolences to the Wylie family.

With family at the beach

Celebrating Grandma s birthday 2018

Tahoe with Grandpa 2016

Mr. Wylie was a first class gentleman and a great lawyer.

I came back to San Jose in 1983 and began practicing law with Burton K. Wines. Messrs. Wines and Wylie had been friends for a long time. Mr. Wylie came to my office for a deposition. He noticed two pewter bookends on my desk with the head of a Golden Retriever embossed on each one. I found these bookends in the office of the Los Angeles firm where I had been employed for five years. No one claimed ownership so I adopted...