Charlie Walker, San Francisco Icon Portrayed by Mike Colter in Biopic, Dies at 89

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Charlie Walker, San Francisco Icon Portrayed by Mike Colter in Biopic, Dies at 89
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'I'm Charlie Walker,' from FAMM Films, was released by Shout! Studios last year.

He hired trucks that cleaned up San Francisco Bay after a devastating 1971 oil spill, helped good friend and then-Assembly member Willie Brown safely exit City Hall after the 1978 assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk and became one of the first Black employees at the San Francisco Chronicle.

“Charlie Walker was a true original,” Colter said in a statement. “Cut from the same cloth as men like my own father and uncles. Men from the ’70s era that took opportunity by the horns. Charlie was unapologetic about his ambition and desire to carve out a place in the world.

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