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File - In this Aug. 8, 1982 file photo, Roman Catholic Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen of Seattle, Wash., sits among several thousand anti-nuclear protesters at a peace rally on the Kitsap Peninsula about 10 miles north of the Trident Navy Base at Bangor, Wash. Former Seattle Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen has died at 96. The Roman Catholic archdiocese says Hunthausen died Sunday, July 22, 2018, at his home in Helena, Mont. Hunthausen served as the bishop of Helena from 1962 to 1975 and as archbishop of Seattle from 1975 to 1991. (AP Photo/Barry Sweet, File)

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Former Seattle Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen dies at 96
July 23, 2018 6:04 p.m.

Former Seattle Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen dies at 96

SEATTLE (AP) — Retired Seattle Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen, whose outspoken support for nuclear disarmament, gay rights and an expanded role for women in the church made him one of the most controversial U.S. bishops, has died at 96.