Greg Palmer

For other uses, see Greg Palmer (disambiguation).

Greg Palmer (May 1947 – May 8, 2009) was an American writer and Emmy Award-winning television producer and reporter. Greg Palmer was born in Seattle and raised on Mercer Island near Seattle, WA in May 1947 to attorney Harvard Palmer and his wife Gertrude, a homemaker.

Greg Palmer died on May 8, 2009, of lung cancer and is survived by his wife of 40 years Cathryn Crosetto Palmer, two sons, Ira Palmer, 30, and Ned Palmer, 27, both of Seattle.

Greg Palmer worked at and freelanced for several Seattle broadcasters and newspapers, including KING-TV, KCTS-TV, Crosscut, Seattle Weekly and The Seattle Times.

Television and video productions

• "Death: The Trip of a Lifetime"
• "Vaudeville: An American Masters Special"
• "The perilous fight: America's World War II" in color, written and produced by Greg Palmer [1]

Plays

• "The Falcon" based on a Georgian fairy tale
• "Puss in Boots"
• "Betsey Green the Mushroom Queen"
• "Snow White and Family Dwarf"

Bibliography

• Palmer, Greg (1993), Death: The Trip of a Lifetime, Harpercollins, ISBN 0-06-250802-4
• Palmer, Greg (2005), Adventures in the Mainstream: Coming Of Age With Down Syndrome, Woodbine House, ISBN 1-890627-30-5
• Palmer, Greg (2008), Cheese Deluxe: A Memoir, Bennett & Hastings, ISBN 1-934733-36-9
• University Press of Kansas The GI's Rabbi (2004), Edited by Greg Palmer and Mark S. Zaid, ISBN 978-0-7006-1356-4

External links

• Greg Palmer Biography and professional achievements – a good resource for Greg's many talents and contributions
• Articles by Greg Palmer (2007–2008) at Crosscut
• KING 5 video The best of Greg Palmer
• KCTS 9 video Remembering Greg Palmer
• NATAS NW 2009 Silver Circle Inductee Greg Palmer
• Seattle Weekly blog Greg Palmer, RIP (2009)
• Seattle Weekly Memories of a company town, by Greg Palmer (2001)
• University Press of Kansas The GI's Rabbi (2004), Edited by Greg Palmer and Mark S. Zaid, ISBN 978-0-7006-1356-4