Police probe activist's death

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I did not know this person, but he seemed like a caring person.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-05-08-0140.html

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Friends said that just hours before he died, Zanin -- known as "Jonny Z" -- had organized a fundraiser for the group Food, Not Bombs at the New York Delicatessen in Carytown.

They believe the slightly built activist, who rode his bike wherever he went in Richmond, was heading across the bridge to his home in the 800 block of West 49th Street in South Richmond when he died.

"I would be 100 percent shocked if it was anything but foul play," said Kriss Wilson, owner of Superior Documents, for whom Zanin had worked for several years.

He left in December to help run the Bizarre Art Market on East Grace Street, near the Virginia Commonwealth University campus. Zanin was a VCU graduate. "He was one of the most giving people I've ever known," Wilson added. "He was very involved with feeding the homeless and charity work and had a great heart. He was full of life and compassion for other people."

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I did not know this person, but he seemed like a wonderful person. RIP, Jonny Z.