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  1. William Booth Gardner (August 21, 1936 – March 15, 2013) was an American politician who served as the 19th governor of Washington from 1985 to 1993. He also served as the ambassador of the GATT. A member of the Democratic Party, Gardner previously served as a member of the Washington State Senate, representing the 26th district from 1971 to ...

  2. Death in the Family. By Daniel Bergner. Dec. 2, 2007. "T his will be my last campaign,” Booth Gardner said. “This will be the biggest fight of my career.”. He walked along the lane between ...

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  4. Mar 19, 2013 · Mr. Gardner’s parents divorced when he was very young, and his mother, Evelyn Booth Gardner, married Norton Clapp, a wealthy executive with Weyerhaeuser, the timber company.

  5. Mar 16, 2013 · At the UW, he met his first wife, Jean Forstrom, who encouraged him to run for student body vice president. They married four years later and had two children: Douglas and Gail.

  6. Dec 8, 2011 · In 1933, the governor’s beautiful mother, Evelyn Beatrice Booth (1912-1951), married Bryson "Brick" Gardner (1906-1966), a University of Washington business school graduate. She was a Catholic, he an indifferent Presbyterian. Alcohol, however, was the problem that soon had the marriage on the rocks.

  7. Mar 16, 2013 · Besides daughter Gail, (and husband Stephen Gant) of Tacoma, he is survived by son Douglas Gardner (wife Jill Gardner) of University Place, and eight grandchildren.

  8. Mar 16, 2013 · March 16, 2013 12 AM PT. Booth Gardner, a two-term Democratic governor who later in life spearheaded a campaign that made Washington the second state in the nation to legalize assisted suicide for ...