Name: Strang Writers' Group founder Bill Olson dies on Washington Island, 2009
Start: 2009-11-23
End: 2009-11-23
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2009-11-23
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathpublicationheritagecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Bill Olson, founder of the Strang Writers’ Group in 1999, died on Washington Island on November 23, 2009. The Beacon remembered his Jackson Harbor Press, writing about King Strang, conference work, and publications in the Washington Island Observer.

Evidence limits

The article establishes the published memorial and Island-related literary connection, not a complete bibliography or independent medical record.

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Sources

Beaver Beacon, December 2009, "Bill Olson."
Reports Bill Olson's November 23 death on Washington Island and his founding of the Strang Writers' Group, Jackson Harbor Press, and related publishing and conference work. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, December 2009, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the memorial report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Strang Writers' Group founder Bill Olson dies on Washington Island, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bill-olson-death-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2009, "Bill Olson." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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