Paul Bergstrom, whose tenacity, compassion and broad curiosity about the world were partly shaped by a year as combat medic in Vietnam, died of complications from cancer and other ailments Friday at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis. The longtime St. Paul resident was 64.
There isn’t any doubt that Minneapolis attorney Fred Pritzker and his firm were a force to be reckoned with. But he was also called a sweetheart, a devoted father and husband, a mensch, a close friend, a committed disability rights advocate and a philanthropist.