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Richard Beyer, creator of 'Interurban' sculpture, has died

The artist behind "Waiting for the Interurban," a popular sculpture in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, has died. Richard Beyer created the piece in 1978, which launched his career in public artwork. 

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Seattle philanthropist, developer Benaroya dies

Jack Benaroya, the philanthropist and developer for whom Seattle's symphony hall was named, has died at age 90.Benaroya is known as a businessman with impeccable timing and a quiet generosity.

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Stax Bassist Duck Dunn Remembered In Memphis

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'Fahrenheit 451' author Ray Bradbury dies at 91

Ray Bradbury, author of The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451, died Tuesday. He was 91. Bradbury was known for his futuristic tales — but he never used a computer, or even drove a car.Bradbury was...

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Oscar-winning film star Ernest Borgnine dies

LOS ANGELES — Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955, died...

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Gore Vidal, American writer and cultural critic, dies

Gore Vidal came from a generation of novelists whose fiction gave them a political platform. Norman Mailer ran for mayor of New York City; Kurt Vonnegut became an anti-war spokesman. And Vidal was an...

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Gore Vidal, In Words

The death of writer and cultural critic Gore Vidal on Tuesday, at the age of 86, means many are trying today to capture that man of words' life in just a few phrases:-- He was an "elegant, acerbic...

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Longtime Seattle news anchor Goertzen dies

Longtime Seattle television news anchor Kathi Goertzen has died following a lengthy, public battle with brain tumors.

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Tuskegee airman G. Hickman dies in Seattle at 88 


George Hickman, one of the original Tuskegee airmen and a longtime usher at University of Washington and Seattle Seahawks game, has died at age 88.

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Phyllis Diller, legendary comedian, is dead

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Comedy's Self-Deprecating Pioneer Phyllis Diller Dies

A queen of comedy has died. Phyllis Diller had audiences in stitches for more than five decades with her outlandish get-ups and rapid-fire one-liners. She died at her home, where she had been in...

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Ivan, formerly of Tacoma, dies at 50: A gorilla's life remembered

I've written before in this space about how an animal obituary may help mark a life of significance. Here is my obituary for Ivan the gorilla.On Tuesday, Aug. 21, a 50-year life that began in the...

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George McGovern, An Improbable Icon Of Anti-War Movement

If George McGovern often seemed miscast as a presidential candidate, he was at least as improbable as an icon of the anti-war movement.The Vietnam War gave birth to an opposition movement unlike any...

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'Dear Abby' dies; Pauline Phillips was adviser to millions

Pauline Phillips, known to millions of advice-seekers around the world as the original "Dear Abby," has died. She was 94.The company that syndicates Dear Abby says on its website that she "died...

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Sen. Mike Carrell dies at age 69

Washington state Senator Mike Carrell of Lakewood has died from complications related to treatment for a pre-leukemia blood disorder.Senate Republican Leader Mark Schoesler said Carrell died Wednesday...

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