http://community.adn.com/adn/node/142398Plenty of people can recognize Daniel DeNardo, one of the city’s more prominent conspiracy theorists. He’s been a perennial political figure for 20 years and filed nearly 100 lawsuits against everyone from Sarah Palin to Congregation Beth Sholom. But in two days of calling around, I could not find one person who called him a friend.
DeNardo died June 28 at Providence Alaska Medical Center. He was 62. His body is sitting in a funeral home, waiting to be buried. It appears nobody can find his next of kin.
I encountered DeNardo last fall while watching the political debates. He was running against Rep. Bob Lynn for a seat in South Anchorage. DeNardo looked normal enough when the camera panned his way. He was silver-haired and mustachioed. He wore a sport coat and an eagle on his bolo tie. Then he opened his mouth.
"The major problem that faces Alaskans today is the most serious problem that any nation can face," he said. "That’s what’s referred to, I refer to it, as the Sovietization not only of the United States, but of Alaska in particular."
Plenty of people can recognize Daniel DeNardo, one of the city’s more prominent conspiracy theorists. He’s been a perennial political figure for 20 years and filed nearly 100 lawsuits against everyone from Sarah Palin to Congregation Beth Sholom. But in two days of calling around, I could not find one person who called him a friend.........
For several years he was affiliated with the Alaska Independence Party. I dialed party chair Lynette Clark, a gold miner who lives outside Fairbanks. I told her he was dead.
"He is?" she said. "Well, there’s a burr out from under AIP’s saddle."
Turns out he kept calling himself an AIP candidate, but people from the party thought he was too fringe. Things got ugly, and he sued. I asked her if he had any friends or family. She didn’t think so.
Alaska seems to have more than it's share of Rwingers, hard to believe there is someone too fringe for the AIP.
With DeNardo it seems something happened during his time in Vietnam that affected him profoundly.