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Ramona Hahn, L.A. political family matriarch, dies

By Jean Merl
 and David Zahniser
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Ramona Hahn, the wife of the late county Supervisor Kenneth Hahn and the mother of both former Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn and City Councilwoman Janice Hahn, died Monday at the age of 86.

Ramona Hahn’s death came toward the end of Janice Hahn’s race for Congress in Tuesday’s extremely contentious special election.

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Like her daughter, Ramona Hahn lived in San Pedro. Her death was confirmed by Doane Liu, chief of staff to Janice Hahn.

Liu said the family would have a statement later Monday.

Read more on the Los Angeles Times’ L.A. Now blog.

-- Jean Merl and David Zahniser

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Jean Merl

Jean Merl, a hopeless news junkie, covered regional politics for the Los Angeles Times until 2015. She was raised in southern Ohio but moved with her family to Los Angeles at a tender age, which practically makes her a California native. She holds a master’s degree from UCLA and remembers when Otis Chandler was publisher of The Times and Tom Bradley was mayor of L.A.

David Zahniser

David Zahniser covers Los Angeles City Hall for the Los Angeles Times.

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