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Producer Ivan Tors made the film "Gentle Giant" (originally titled "Gentle Ben") for Paramount Pictures based on Morey's book, and partially funded by CBS. At that time, Tors was focusing on films and television shows involving animals and directed at a family audience. He had previously had popular hits with the 1963 film "Flipper" about a boy's friendship with a wild dolphin, which led to a television series of the same name, and with the 1965 film "Clarence,
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- Walt Morey, writer and creator of "Gentle Ben"
- Robert Motherwell, painter of New York School
- Ed Murray, Democratic politician and Mayor of Seattle 2014-17
- Peter Norton, computer programmer
- Douglas Osheroff, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics
- Craig Raymond, basketball player, 12th pick of 1967 NBA draft
- Wesley Carl Uhlman, politician
- John Workman, writer, artist
- Yukon Eric, professional wrestler
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