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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Dennis McLellan / The Bulletin
November 2, 2008
William Wharton, an Expressionist painter who launched a new career as a novelist in his 50s and won an American Book Award for his first novel, “Birdy,” has died. He was 82.
Wharton, who had been in failing health for some time, died Wednesday at Scripps Memorial Hospital in....
