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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