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Gatewood Galbraith, a Kentucky Original

Gatewood Galbraith, an independent candidate for governor criticized Gov. Steve Beshear's speech at the Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky., on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011.
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Gatewood Galbraith, an independent candidate for governor criticized Gov. Steve Beshear's speech at the Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky., on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011.

You could say a lot of things about Gatewood Galbraith, except that he was "just another politician." Galbraith, who died Wednesday at age 64, was a Kentucky original. Everyone knew him as Gatewood — as with Elvis, the last name eventually became superfluous. In fact, I'll bet if you showed most adult Kentuckians a tall, lanky silhouette of a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat, they would know immediately who it was.

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