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(21,024 posts) Fri May 30, 2014, 07:45 PM May 2014

Ken Schramm dead at 66

SEATTLE — Ken Schram, who worked as a KOMO television and radio reporter and commentator for more than 30 years, has died at age 66, the station reports.

KOMO reports ( http://tinyurl.com/ofmhxx4 ) that Schram, who had been fighting an internal infection for several months, died Thursday afternoon. Schram was a high-profile Seattle media personality known for his forceful, on-camera commentaries. He would give "Schrammie" awards to newsmakers and politicians he felt had made dumb decisions.

Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/05/29/3218057/ken-schram-seattle-media-personality.html#storylink=cpy