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March 7, 2007

Parking magnate Diamond dead at 99

SEATTLE (AP) — Josef “Joe” Diamond, a parking lot magnate and lawyer who argued a major discrimination case at the U.S. Supreme Court, is dead at age 99.

Relatives said Diamond died at home in his sleep Saturday, three days before his 100th birthday. Services were held Monday. He was remembered as a hard-nosed businessman, a driven attorney and a compassionate friend.

He was graduated from the University of Washington in 1928, and earned his law degree from the UW in 1931. Diamond served in the Army Judge Advocate General's office for four years during World War II, winning the Legion of Merit for his service and retiring as a colonel.




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