Tag: News Obituary
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Famed Denver lawyer Walter Gerash dies
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Walter Gerash, a diminutive trial lawyer who could grow into mythical proportions while arguing trials in a courtroom, died Sunday, of natural causes after a long decline, according to his family. He was 96. Gerash tried some of Colorado’s most notorious cases, winning most of them, while leaving a legacy of creativity, ingenuity and fearlessness.…
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Parker mourns loss of former Mayor David Casiano
Former Parker Mayor David Casiano died Jan. 31. He was 73. Casiano served as a Town Council member first, then as mayor, from 2002-12. During his tenure, the Douglas County town almost doubled in population. It grew from 23,558 residents in 2000, according to U.S. Census data, to 45,297 in 2010. It now has 58,512…