Albert Rosellini, 101, a former Washington governor who became the oldest living former governor in America, died Monday in Seattle.
A Democrat who always wore a rosebud on his lapel, Rosellini served as governor for eight years ending in 1965. His tenure in office was defined by efforts to reform state prisons and modernize mental- health institutions while shepherding through the creation of the State Route 520 floating bridge that bears his name.
In 1938, when he was 28 years old, Rosellini was elected to the state Senate and served for 18 years.
Theda Clarke, who was suspected of being involved but never charged in the 1975 killing of a fellow American Indian Movement activist in South Dakota, died Saturday at a nursing home in western Nebraska. Court records show she was in her 80s.
Prosecutors say Clarke refused to cooperate as they investigated the fatal shooting of Annie Mae Pictou Aquash on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. John Graham, the accused gunman, and Arlo Looking Cloud were convicted of murder. Prosecutors allege the trio used Clarke’s vehicle to drive Aquash from Colorado and accused Aquash of being a government informant.
The Associated Press
