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Late Bob Barker's roots were not so deep in 'timber town' of Darrington
DARRINGTON — The death of beloved game show legend Bob Barker put a spotlight on his birthplace.
He’s from Darrington?
There isn’t a Bob Barker boulevard or statue in the logging mountain town of about 1,400 residents. No “Bob Barker slept here” historical marker, either. Nothing but talk about the famous son.
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Robert William Barker left Darrington several years after his birth in 1923. It appears after that he didn’t come on down here often, if at all.
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/late-bob-barkers-roots-were-not-so-deep-in-timber-town-of-darrington/