OBIT: John Cowles Jr., 82, Twin Cities philanthropist, former Star Tribune publisher
March 19, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
John Cowles Jr., former publisher and chairman of the Star Tribune newspapers and a philanthropist who helped shape the cultural community of the Twin Cities by pushing for facilities like the Guthrie Theater and the Metrodome, has died. He was 82.
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