Robert “Bob” Tate closed out his last story on May 12, 2021, after a year-long battle with liver cancer. Bob was born in Modesto, California (one of the true ‘Californians’), number 11 of 12 children. Bob and his family grew up on the East Side of Turlock, CA, with very little to their name, he began shining shoes at age 5 (as Bob would call himself, “self-employed”) to help out.