Rick Redewill

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| name = Rick Redewill

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| caption = Redewill on July 4, 1990

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|08|09}}

| birth_place = Columbia, CA, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|04|14|1952|08|09}}

| death_place = San Francisco, CA

| occupation = Founder, Lone Star Saloon

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Rick Redewill (Richard Byron Redewill; 9 August 1952, in California – 14 April 1993) was the founder of the Lone Star Saloon, the gay bar which is credited as helping give birth to the Bear Community in San Francisco."Rainbow MC and the Old Lone Star: A discussion with Pete Vafiades." Chapter 8, pp. 97-109, in Bears on Bears: Interviews and Discussions, revised edition, by Ron J. Suresha. He is buried in Georgetown, CA.Search on http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118141937/http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi |date=2008-01-18 }} for Richard Redewill.