Dead at 83.

As commenter smilfred writes: “Check out his most recent interview with NPR Fresh Air’s Terry Gross. Have tissues in both hands, especially this morning, but it was one of the more wonderful conversations I have ever heard.”

Eli Sanders was The Stranger's associate editor. His book, "While the City Slept," was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He once did this and once won...