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2 unusual facts about Ricky Schraub


Ricky Schraub

He occasionally wrote pieces for the Barb on non-wine topics, including an early exposé of the shoe company Nike (“This Man Wants You to Wear Waffles on Your Feet”) and a series of humorous vignettes about the 1978 California congressional races.

Late in the evening of May 5, 1993 he died in a single-car accident on Route 121 in Carneros, California, less than an hour after what witnesses described as a highly emotional confrontation with his ex-wife and her new family at a local restaurant.



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