Top 9 Final Exits

Roy Butler
Roy Butler (Photo by John Anderson)

1) ROY BUTLER The former mayor engaged his city until the end.

2) LOWELL LEBERMANN From boardrooms to politics to beer, an Austin mover and shaker.

3) MINA BREES departed under curious circumstances, estranged from life.

4) SCOTT OZMUN Risen to the bench, then abruptly gone.

5) 24 DEATH ROW INMATES Executed for political reasons, their blood is on all our hands.

6) FARRAH FAWCETT Texas ex immortalized in stone by Charles Umlauf – forever young.

7) ROBIN SHIVERS Cut short much too soon after a life of generosity.

8) IRIAS, RAMIREZ, AND LOPEZ Young high-rise workers killed by corporate neglect.

9) TRAVIS LARUE The other dead former mayor – at 96 years, and a few days after Butler.

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