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GoLocalProv | News | EDITORIAL: Walter Miller Has Died and So Has a Part of Rhode Island
Saturday, Could 28, 2022
Walter Miller. PHOTO: Richard McCaffrey for GoLocal
The household and associates of Walter Miller have introduced his loss of life.
He was a Windfall Metropolis Corridor establishment — and a lot extra.
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Half movie star, half magician, a bit of little bit of a political pollster, and loads of Rhode Island.
When you by no means met Walter, you missed out.
It will be like by no means tasting a Del’s lemonade, or going to a Rhode Island seashore.
Walter was a trickster and a card professional, but additionally the consummate political gadfly.
He traveled every day from his household’s dwelling in East Windfall to downtown after which would go from Kennedy Plaza to Congressional places of work after which round and round.
He talked to everybody. He may predict political races higher than high-priced DC pollsters.
Walter knew who was up and who was in hassle.
His legacy goes again to the Nineteen Seventies — he beloved Governor J. Joseph Garrahy, Mayor Buddy Cianci, and U.S. Senator John Chafee.
He favored a younger councilman named Josh Fenton, which can be my most interesting achievement.
The very best a part of being round Walter was he made you are feeling good. He beloved to make everybody’s day and he was a beacon of kindness to the RIPTA driver and to the highly effective.
For Cianci’s repose at Windfall Metropolis Corridor, Walter wore a swimsuit and introduced flowers — and might need been the one one to take action.
Walter was a continuing — he was there for everybody for many years.
For everybody who knew him, he was unconditional kindness.
Walter Miller was a wonderful man and I’m honored that he was my good friend.
– Josh Fenton, CEO and Co-Founding father of GoLocal
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