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Amidee ‘Ace’ Walden, 103, R.I.P.

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Amidee "Ace" Walden reminisces about the lifetime he has spent in Coeur d'Alene. He is 91. Ace remembers selling newspapers on Coeur d'Alene's downtown streets in 1913. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/story by titone

Huckleberries Online has learned through several sources that long-time Coeur d'Alene community leader Amidee "Ace" Walden, 104, died in his sleep Saturday morning. Shown above 13 years ago, Walden reminisced about the lifetime he has spent in Coeur d'Alene, for SR photographer Jesse Tinsley and former SReporter Julie Titone. At the time, Ace recalled selling newspapers on Coeur d'Alene's downtown streets in 1913.




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