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SF Gate: Nan Tucker McEvoy, the last member of the San Francisco Chronicle’s founding family to run the 150-year-old newspaper and a prominent olive oil producer, philanthropist and Democratic Party activist, died Thursday morning at age 95. She passed away peacefully at her apartment in San Francisco after a long convalescence. The granddaughter of M.H. de Young, co-founder of the Chronicle, McEvoy was the longtime chair of the board of Chronicle Publishing, which included the morning daily, KRON-TV, Chronicle Books and other media holdings.