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- Photographer Jerry Gay died on Oct. 14, 2026, at age 79.
- He won the 1975 Pulitzer for a black-and-white photo of volunteer firefighters in Burien, Washington.
- After slipping in an Everett ice storm, he developed a hematoma, then dementia and lost speech.
- Gay stayed a dark-room purist, using a Razr flip phone and shunning digital photography.