Death
Violet Kazue de Cristoforo died from complications from a stroke on October 3, 2007, at her home in Salinas, California. She died just two weeks after receiving the National Heritage Fellowship Award. She was 90 years old.
Cristoforo was survived by two daughters, a son, and two grandchildren.
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