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Published March 19, 2012, 12:00 AM

John Cowles Jr. and Sage Cowles


John Cowles Jr. and Sage Cowles pose for a photo at the Minnesota Shubert Center in Minneapolis on Aug. 25, 2011. Cowles, a 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. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Tom Wallace)
Read the article: OBIT: John Cowles Jr., 82, Twin Cities philanthropist, former Star Tribune publisher