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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Eric Flowers / The Bulletin
January 18, 2005
A .32-caliber bullet ended William P. Downing's life 80 years ago this month when the 52-year-old Bend entrepreneur shot himself. But the restaurateur and real estate investor who got his start operating an open-air cafe on Bond Street stamped his name on a piece of Bend's history that endures....
