Washington Ex-Governor Booth Gardner dies at 76, Gardner died Friday at his Tacoma home, said family spokesman Ron Dotzauer. The millionaire heir to the Weyerhaeuser timber fortune served as the state's 19th governor from 1985 to 1993 following terms as Pierce County executive, state senator and business school dean. Washington state had rejected a similar assisted-suicide initiative in 1991. But after a contentious campaign, in which Gardner contributed $470,000 of his own money toward the $4.9 million raised to support the measure, nearly 58% of voters approved the new law.
Booth Gardner: The law allows terminally ill adults with six months or less left to live to request a legal dose of medication from their doctors. He died at age 76 on Friday at his Tacoma home of complications related to the disease, family spokesman Ron Dotzauer said Saturday. He is survived by his son, Doug, his daughter, Gail Gant, and eight grandchildren. Booth Gardner, Booth Gardner Parkinson's Disease, Booth Gardner Dead, Booth Gardner Dies, Washington Gov. Booth Gardner, Washington, Washington Politics, Politics News, Booth Gardner dies Seattle Post Intelligencer OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) Booth Gardner, Booth Gardner, 19th Governor Of Washington, Dies At Age 76, Booth Gardner,Booth Gardner dies, booth, died, family, gardner, spokesman, washington, suicide for the terminally illj, Booth, Gardner, Booth Gardner, Former Washington governor,Former Wash. Gov. Booth Gardner dies.
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