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‘We Miss Eddie’
C ontinueD From p age 3
“At first I was a little afraid of
him because he walked really fast
and he was a husky guy. And I
didn’t understand him,” said Par-
sons, who had known Eddie since
he was a child. “I think back then
my mom informed us that he was
safe, he was ok. And so we all
just accepted him as Eddie.”
Parsons would later receive
calls about once a week or more
from Morgan while working at
KGW, he said.
“He was a sweet man. He had
an innocence about him. He just
wanted to say hi and be friendly.
He was a bright spot in people’s
day around there.”
The last conversation Parsons
would have with Morgan was the
day before he died.
“Sometimes we had to be in
a hurry, but I wasn’t that day. I
wished him a nice day and every-
thing,” Parsons said. “It felt good
that the last conversation I had
with him was a positive one.”
Parsons once gave Morgan a
tour of KGW, something Morgan
seemed to really enjoy.
At one point the TV crew placed
him behind an anchor’s desk and
mic’d up with cameras pointed at
him. “Stand by!” Morgan said in
his best news anchor impression,
though he was not on air.
“We loved having him,” Par-
sons said.
After his death, a candle-
light vigil was held at nearby St.
Charles Parish; and painter Lin
Haak honored her neighbor with a
painting of those who laid flowers
and remembrances at Morgan’s
final resting place, something that
gathered large crowds of people
at the time. The prints sold in lo-
cal businesses to finance a reward
fund--which would eventually
amass $10,000, though it’s not
known whatever came of the re-
ward fund.
At a permanent memorial where
Morgan was shot, an inscription
reads “Eddie ‘The Weatherman’
Morgan – May the Sun Always
Shine on You.”
photo by D anny p eterson /t he p ortlanD o bserver
A permanent memorial to a beloved neighborhood figure, Eddie
‘The Weatherman’ Morgan, can be seen at the spot he was slain
25 years ago, in front of the US Bank on NE 42nd and Alberta.
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