Haida artist Bill Reid dies
VAN98031501 - 15 MARCH 1998 - VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA: World reknowned Haida artist Bill Reid dies in Vancouver after a lengthy illness Friday March 13th. Shown here in a file photo, Reid is a paddler in the "Lootas" Haida War canoe in Vancouver's False Creek, Mar 6th, 1988. Reid has fought Parkinsons disease for the last 20 years and is probably best known for his Spirit of Haida Gwaii bronze sculptures; one copy in the Canadian Embassy in Washington D.C. the other in Vancouver International Airport. File Photo hr/Peter Tanner UPI
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