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| Katherine B. Loker | Philanthropist, 92

Katherine Bogdanovich Loker, 92, heir to the StarKist tuna fortune, who donated millions of dollars to Harvard University, the University of Southern California and other institutions, died Thursday at her home in Oceanside, Calif. Ms. Loker was the daughter of a fishing boat captain who in 1917 founded a fishing cannery that became StarKist Foods, which is now owned by Del Monte Foods Co. - AP

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Katherine Bogdanovich Loker, 92, heir to the StarKist tuna fortune, who donated millions of dollars to Harvard University, the University of Southern California and other institutions, died Thursday at her home in Oceanside, Calif.

Ms. Loker was the daughter of a fishing boat captain who in 1917 founded a fishing cannery that became StarKist Foods, which is now owned by Del Monte Foods Co.

- AP

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