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Source: Jamie Squire / Getty

MEDINA, OH (WOIO) –

The creator of the Cleveland Indians Chief Wahoo character passed away this week at the age of 88.

Walter Goldbach, a longtime Hinckley resident, died on Wednesday at Medina County hospice, CBS Local reports.

Goldbach, a sign painter who worked in Northeast Ohio, created the iconic — and controversial — logo as a teenager in 1946.

 

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Article Courtesy of CBS Local and WOIO Cleveland 19 News

Picture Courtesy of Jamie Squire and Getty Images

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