Tuesday, May 06, 2014

NYT: Walter R. Walsh Dies at 106; Terrorized Gangsters and Targets

A surprisingly decent obituary from the NYTs:

Walter R. Walsh, a world-class marksman who shot clothespins off laundry lines as a boy and went on to become an F.B.I. legend in shootouts with gangsters in the 1930s, an Olympic competitor and a trainer of generations of Marine Corps sharpshooters, died on Tuesday at his home in Arlington, Va. He was 106.

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