Photos: Sister Sam, founder of St. Vincent Meals on Wheels

Sister Sam in 1997.

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June 25, 2017 1:10 PM PT

Sister Alice Marie Quinn, known as Sister Sam, was once called “L.A.’s Mother Teresa” by former Mayor Richard Riordan. She died Friday at 82.

Sister Sam leads a prayer in the kitchen in 2010.

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Ronnie Roldan greets Sister Sam in 2010.

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Sister Sam in the kitchen at St. Vincent Meals on Wheels on her 75th birthday in 2010.

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Sister Sam rides a bicycle through the St. Vincent Meals on Wheels office in 2001.

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