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1968-2004, No. 717 1 027481. Marriage certificate for Booth Gardner and Cynthia Robin
Perkins, Jan. 13, 2001, Nevada Marriage Index, Book 117, Page D269554. “In a quiet Las
Vegas ceremony…,” from “Ex-Gov. ties knot,” Times, Feb. 21, 2001. “The Muhammad Ali
shuffle…,” “I literally bounce off the walls…,” “I was real scared for him…” and “rented a
room …for an intervention,” from “Former governor wages active fight against disease,” P-I,
June 10, 2003.
Chapter 18: The Last Campaign
Interviews in 2009 with Booth Gardner, Doug Gardner, Jean Gardner, Duane French,
Laird Harris, Cynthia Perkins, Denny Heck, Dr. Tom Preston and Chris Carlson. “He’s been
a great dad and a great granddad,” from “Ex-governor’s acorn fell far from the tree,”
TNT, Sept. 1, 2004. “It was a raging success…,” “He had run out of gas…,” “His marriage
to Cynthia Gardner broke up…” and “He said he’s been told he has ‘a good 10 years left,’ ”
from “Gardner mending after brain surgery,” AP, P-I, Oct. 18, 2006. “He has hit the wall…,”
“I don’t mean to sound vain…,” and “My body is telling me to slow down…,” all from
“Gardner: I’ve thought about the end,” Times, Feb. 10, 2006. “Death in the Family,” New
York Times Magazine, Dec. 2, 2007, is the source for important quotes in this chapter,
including: “I can’t see where anybody benefits by my hanging around,” “I fear the day
when he meets his maker,” and “Dad’s lost …” Parkinson’s “ravages your soul” and “That’s
not dignity,” from “Washington State Right-to-Die cause finds champion,” Oregonian,
March 26, 2006. Three African American social workers “left the room visibly upset,” from
“Seeking death with dignity,” P-I, May 18, 2007. Gardner’s stumble and fall just before
the start of a Tacoma School Board meeting from “Ex-governor interested in school jobs,”
TNT, Jan. 10, 2008. Reader reactions to “Was our Booth Gardner story out of line?”
thenewstribune.com, Jan. 11, 2008. “Oh, my, what a self-absorbed guy,” from “Gardner
crusade is a selfish last act,” P-I, Jan. 11, 2008. “…hastening-death bomber,” from “Unlike
father, unlike son…,” crosscut.com, Jan. 11, 2008. “Despite the accusations of selfishness…,”
from “Booth Gardner’s campaign is selfless,” crosscut.com, April 5, 2008. TVW coverage of
the April 26, 2008, Death with Dignity debate between Booth Gardner and Duane French:
http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?evid=2008040112&TYPE=V&CFID=3389892
&CFTOKEN=81964608&bhcp=1 “A row of about 60 people … repeated the Lord’s Prayer
and Hail Mary’s,” and “I don’t see it that way…,” from “Death Initiative petitions filed,”
Times, July 3, 2008. “An Elway Research study,” from “Doctors divided on assisted suicide,”
Times, Sept. 22, 2008. “An early-September Elway poll …,” from “Polls show Washington
voters favor physician-assisted suicide,” American Medical News, Oct. 27, 2008. “There is
no ‘Washington’s death-with-dignity law,’ ” from “I-1000 wins year’s ‘Sheer Gall Award,’ ”
P-I, Nov. 2, 2008. Gardner’s victory speech, “My feelings … are bittersweet,” from “Political
Buzz,” thenewstribune.com, Nov. 5, 2008. Contributions to Initiative 1000 reported by
InternationalTaskForce.org and the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission.
“Initiative supporters raised about $4.9 million…,” from “Assisted suicide measure passes,”
Times, Nov. 4, 2008. Results of the Nov. 4, 2008, General Election from the Washington
Secretary of State http://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/ “I am a very spiritual person,” from
“First death for Washington assisted-suicide law,” The New York Times, May 22, 2009, and
“Choosing when to die…,” Times, May 23, 2009.
Links to statements regarding Initiative 1000:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKXPBpGW2Fw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGLaZmOZFxo&feature=related
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