Dean “Dino” Cortopassi, the son of an immigrant farmer who spent his life growing crops and growing companies, has died at 84 after complications from a stroke, his family said. … Cortopassi was also a champion of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. He fought for a proposition that would have required a statewide vote on mega-projects like the Delta tunnels, and founded the Wetlands Preservation Foundation to preserve and sustain the San Joaquin Delta wetlands.