Greg Palmer was an American

United States

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 writer

Writer

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 and Emmy Award

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-winning television

Television

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 producer

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 and reporter.
Greg Palmer was born on Mercer Island

Mercer Island, Washington

Mercer Island is a city in King County, Washington, United States and the name of the island in Lake Washington on which the city sits. The population was 22,699 at the 2010 census....

 near Seattle, WA in May 1947 to attorney Harvard Palmer and his wife Gertrude, a homemaker.

Greg Palmer died on 8 May 2009 of lung cancer

Lung cancer

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and is survived by his wife of 40 years Cathryn Crosetto Palmer, two sons, Ira Palmer, 30, and Ned Palmer, 27, both of Seattle.

Greg Palmer worked at and freelanced for several Seattle broadcasters and newspapers, including KING-TV

KING-TV

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, KCTS-TV

KCTS-TV

KCTS-TV is a public television station in Seattle, Washington, that is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service , that broadcasts on digital channel 9. Its offices and broadcasting center are located at the northeast corner of Seattle Center...

, Crosscut

Crosscut.com

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, Seattle Weekly

Seattle Weekly

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 and The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times

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.

Television and video productions

• “Death: The Trip of a Lifetime”
• “Vaudeville: An American Masters Special”
• “The perilous fight: America's World War II” in color, written and produced by Greg Palmer http://aukwire.auk.edu.kw/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=124X753F01O29.20437&profile=central&uindex=BAW&term=Palmer,%20Greg.&aspect=subtab71&menu=search&source=~!horizon

Plays

• “The Falcon” based on a Georgian fairy tale
• "Puss in Boots"
• "Betsey Green the Mushroom Queen"
• "Snow White and Family Dwarf"

External links

• Greg Palmer Biography and professional achievements - a good resource for Greg's many talents and contributions
• Articles by Greg Palmer (2007–2008) at Crosscut
  Crosscut.com
  Crosscut.com is a nonprofit, online newspaper based in Seattle, Washington, United States. Crosscut's stated purpose is to "produce journalism in the public interest"...
  
  
• KING 5 video The best of Greg Palmer
• KCTS 9 video Remembering Greg Palmer
• NATAS NW 2009 Silver Circle Inductee Greg Palmer
• Seattle Weekly blog Greg Palmer, RIP (2009)
• Seattle Weekly Memories of a company town, by Greg Palmer (2001)
• University Press of Kansas The GI’s Rabbi (2004), Edited by Greg Palmer and Mark S. Zaid, ISBN 978-0-7006-1356-4