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J. W. Lown, the former mayor of San Angelo who chose to leave office before his fourth term began, in 2009, died suddenly on November 15 from a heart attack, one day shy of his forty-seventh birthday. The response from many San Angeloans was immediate and unequivocal. A Facebook post shared on Thursday by CDR San Miguel, the real estate agency Lown was working for when he died, summed up how many felt about him. He was marked by an abiding “kindness, generosity, and warm spirit,” the post said. Citizens of San Angelo like me knew those qualities well. In a town of about 100,000, Mayor Lown, who died on Wednesday night in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, was an engaging presence in town, often doing ride-alongs with…

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