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Article: BELL TOLLS FOR ARCHBISHOP LEUKEMIA TAKES MURPHY AT 64 HE IS RECALLED AS A COMPASSIONATE SPIRITUAL LEADER.(News)(Obituary)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- June 27, 1997
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As the bell named in his honor tolled yesterday at St. James Cathedral, Seattle Archbishop Thomas Murphy was remembered as a compassionate spiritual leader who never forgot the common parishioner.
Murphy knew the leukemia he battled the past seven months ``would finally have the last word,'' said the Rev. Michael Ryan, cathedral pastor. ``But I believe he had the last word in saying, `Though I don't want this, I will accept it.' ''
Ryan said a funeral will be held Thursday for Murphy, who died yesterday at Providence Medical Center. He was the first Seattle Catholic bishop to die in office in 65 years. The time of the service at St. James will be ...
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