Emmett Watson
Emmett Watson (November 22, 1918 – May 11, 2001) was an American newspaper columnist from Seattle, Washington, whose columns ran in a variety of Seattle newspapers over a span of more than fifty years. Initially a sportswriter, he is primarily known for authoring a social commentary column for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (P-I) from 1956 until 1982, when he moved to The Seattle Times and continued there as a columnist until shortly before his death in 2001.
Emmett Watson | |
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| Born | Emmett McWhirt November 22, 1918 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | May 11, 2001 (aged 82) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Occupation | Newspaper columnist |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Garfield and Lena McWhirt née Cornthwaite (birth) John and Elizabeth Watson (adoptive) |
Watson grew up in Seattle during the 1920s and 1930s. He was a tireless advocate, through his column as well as through a fictional organization he created called Lesser Seattle, for limiting the seemingly unbridled growth and urban renewal that dramatically altered the city's landscape during the second half of the twentieth century.