/tags/obituary obituary en-US Copyright Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:17:51 GMT /politics-government/2024-07-16/peter-courtney-legendary-and-longtime-leader-of-oregons-state-senate-has-died Peter Courtney, the longest-serving state lawmaker in Oregon history whose booming oratories and one-of-a-kind style made him a Salem legend, died Tuesday. He was 81. Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:17:51 GMT /politics-government/2024-07-16/peter-courtney-legendary-and-longtime-leader-of-oregons-state-senate-has-died Dirk VanderHart /politics-government/2024-06-12/former-oregon-gov-neil-goldschmidt-has-died Goldschmidt, once a towering figure in state and national politics, admitted sexually abusing a teenager and attempting to cover it up. Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:54:54 GMT /politics-government/2024-06-12/former-oregon-gov-neil-goldschmidt-has-died Jeff Mapes /politics-government/2023-04-16/former-oregon-secretary-of-state-bill-bradbury-remembered-for-a-lasting-legacy Bradbury, who died Friday at the age of 73, served as the state’s chief election official for a decade, from 1999 to 2009, leading efforts that drastically increased voter turn out and government transparency. Sun, 16 Apr 2023 13:47:28 GMT /politics-government/2023-04-16/former-oregon-secretary-of-state-bill-bradbury-remembered-for-a-lasting-legacy Emily Cureton /2021-12-23/writer-joan-didion-whose-electric-anxiety-inspired-a-generation-has-died-at-87 When Didion started writing in the 1960s, she put a certain kind of voice on the page — neurotic, female — that hadn't been there before. Fri, 24 Dec 2021 00:50:36 GMT /2021-12-23/writer-joan-didion-whose-electric-anxiety-inspired-a-generation-has-died-at-87 Susan Stamberg /jpr-classics/2013-12-20/leon-berliner-takes-his-last-bow ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ lost a longtime listener, supporter, underwriter and friend when Leon Berliner passed away December 15th. But if he were here… Fri, 20 Dec 2013 20:00:34 GMT /jpr-classics/2013-12-20/leon-berliner-takes-his-last-bow Valerie Ing