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Michael Barbee later taught at Sonoma Country Day School as an art teacher and then worked for a nonprofit where he went into schools and taught students about nutrition and health.

Barbee is survived by his wife Sharon of Healdsburg, his daughter Mara Johnstone of Santa Rosa, and son Derek Barbee of Santa Barbara, his mother Karen Barbee and his two siblings.

A celebration of his life will be held at 11:30 on June 27 at the Villa Chanticleer Annex, 1248 N. Fitch Mountain Road in Healdsburg. Memorial donations can be made to the Prostate Cancer Foundation via its Web site www.prostatecancerfoundation.org.

� Nathan Halverson

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As he worked on the articles, he began gathering more and more information, and he finally decided he had enough for a book.

It covers everything from the perils of adding fluoride to water to less common debates such as why too much unfermented soy foods such as tofu can lead to an unhealthy diet.

�He was very aware of good food. And he always was interested in food health,� Sharon Barbee said. �It became his passion.�

Despite his passion, his friends and family said he epitomized a calm.

�He knew how to relax,� Sharon Barbee said.

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He met wife Sharon Barbee in 1974 through a Healdsburg volleyball league. He invited her and others to his house, where he had prepared an entire meal from scratch � crepes, stuffed mushrooms and homemade ice cream.

�He was quite a cook,� Sharon Barbee said.

Barbee lived life with a calm intensity, learning one skill after the next. He was a lifelong learner. He was also a precocious athlete and academic.

In high school, Barbee was class president, a star basketball and baseball player, and he excelled in class.

�He was soft-spoken, unpretentious, fair, and most important, true to his inner self,� said John Hagens, a high-school teammate of Barbee.

Barbee frequently wrote to the editorial pages of newspapers. In the 1990s, he decided to begin research on a series of stories about health and nutrition he hoped to get published in newspapers.

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Obituary Part 1

Published: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 10:58 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 10:58 a.m.
Michael Barbee

A Sonoma County teacher who long opposed Healdsburg adding fluoride to its water and wrote a book on diet and nutrition has died.

Michael Barbee became passionate about health issues and diet in the 1980s. He wrote the book �Politically Incorrect Nutrition: Finding Reality in the Mire of Food Industry Propaganda,� which was published in 2004.

Barbee died on May 17 from prostate cancer. He was 60.

Born in the Los Angeles area, Barbee moved to Sonoma County after graduating college. He taught at Spring Creek Elementary School in Santa Rosa for 17 years.

Hi Mike - sorry to hear of your diagnosis - you may wish to look up the cottage cheese and flaxseed oil protocol. Discovered by a woman who was nominated several times for the Nobel I understand.