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Shirley Raines, remembered for treating Skid Row’s homeless with compassion, dies at 58

Shirley Raines, remembered for treating Skid Row’s homeless with compassion, dies at 58

Shirley Raines, the nonprofit founder and social media figure whose grassroots work transformed how thousands of people experiencing homelessness were seen and treated, has died. Her organization, Beauty 2 The Streetz, confirmed her death on Wednesday. She was 58. Known widely as “Ms. Shirley,” Raines built a following of more than five million people on…

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