Obituaries

Read the latest on the deaths of notable people. These news stories recount the lives that made them prominent locally, nationally and worldwide.

A legend in the Seattle bartending scene has died

In this March 4, 2009 file photograph, Murray Stenson, bartender at Zig Zag Cafe in Seattle, Washington, was named “Best Bartender in America.”  (Erika Schultz/Seattle Times/MCT)

Murray Stenson cemented his legend when he resurrected a Prohibition-era cocktail called The Last Word. In recent years, he had endured many health issues.

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