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Peter Courtney, legendary and longtime leader of Oregon’s state Senate, has died
Peter Courtney, the longest-serving state lawmaker in Oregon history, whose booming oratories and one-of-a-kind style made him a Salem legend, died Tuesday. He was 81. Gov. Tina Kotek’s office announced in a release that Courtney died of complications from …