Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev died Tuesday, more than three decades after his memorable Cold War-era visit to San Francisco that politico Willie Brown recalled upon hearing of the Russian leader’s death.

Gorbachev’s visit to the Bay Area on June 4, 1990, included a stop at the Fairmont San Francisco hotel for a visit with the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce attended by many dignitaries, including Brown, then the state Assembly Speaker and eventual mayor of San Francisco.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.