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Fat Dog, owner of Berkeley’s Subway Guitars and a legend of the city, has died

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Born Samuel Cohen, he assembled unusual instruments from discarded parts. Young musicians and luminaries from Taj Mahal to Charlie Hunter flocked to his shop, which ran on hippie idealism and helped launch the vintage guitar movement.

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