Emmett Watson; Wrote Newspaper Columns About Seattle Life
Emmett Watson, 82, a newspaper columnist who chronicled life in Seattle for more than half a century and lamented its growth into a major metropolis, died Friday in Seattle of complications from an aneurysm.
During his career, Watson worked at the Seattle Star, the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. His longest stint was more than 30 years at the Post-Intelligencer, where his column ran six days a week.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. May 18, 2001 FOR THE RECORD
Los Angeles Times Friday May 18, 2001 Home Edition Part A Part A Page 2 A2 Desk 1 inches; 28 words Type of Material: Correction
Seattle team--An obituary of Seattle newspaper columnist Emmett Watson in Monday’s Times misstated the name of the minor league baseball team he played for briefly. The team was the Seattle Rainiers.
Over the years, he promoted what he called “Lesser Seattle,” a mythical organization that tried to encourage people to visit the city but not to move there.
Born in Seattle, Watson briefly played baseball with the minor league Seattle Rainers in the early 1940s, then worked at shipyards and helped produce a newsletter for ballplayers in the service during World War II. An editor at the Seattle Star saw the newsletter and hired Watson to cover the Rainers.
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