January 26, 2012

SandBox Comments: Colorado Springs Gazette "DA Bob Russel, 82: He left lasting fingerprints"

Lance Benzel:

"Robert L. Russel, whose 20-year tenure as El Paso County’s district attorney launched the careers of powerful attorneys, charmed juries and pioneered new approaches to justice in the Pikes Peak Region, has died at the age of 82.

He was pronounced dead at 11:40 a.m. Wednesday at St. Francis Select Care in Colorado Springs.

The cause of death was lung disease, according to a son, Richard Russel of Colorado Springs. He had been hospitalized since late November.

Funeral arrangements, being handled by Shrine of Remembrance, are pending.

Read more: http://www.gazette.com/articles/russel-132363-long-year.html#ixzz1kbGPs03b

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