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Chesterfield man, an early advocate of gay rights in Va., found dead in apartment weeks after being
Chesterfield man, an early advocate of gay rights in Va., found dead in apartment weeks after being stabbed
By MARK BOWES Richmond Times-Dispatch
13 hrs ago
A Chesterfield County man found fatally stabbed in his apartment Friday afternoon was an early advocate of gay and lesbian rights in Virginia and a registered lobbyist for the movement in 1981 at the Virginia General Assembly. ... Bruce M. Garnett, 67, had been dead for several weeks when police were called Friday to check on his welfare and found him deceased inside his residence in the 700 block of Chinaberry Drive, according to police and the victim’s older brother, Bill Garnett.
Police advised Garnett’s family that he had been fatally stabbed and that his pet dog, a Japanese Chin named TyTy, also was found dead, apparently from a lack of food or water for weeks, Bill Garnett said in a phone call Monday from his home in Taiping, Malaysia. ... Chesterfield police on Monday confirmed the victim’s cause of death, which they said is being investigated as a homicide.
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According to a February 1978 newsletter by the Richmond Gay Rights Association, Garnett was the “first openly gay man to lobby the General Assembly.”
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Said Bill Garnett: “Bruce was a good person. He was an Eagle Scout, and he once received from the governor of Virginia a commendation for saving a boy’s life.” ... Garnett was one of two Scouts who on July 9, 1968, was presented the Certificate of Heroism by then-Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. for rescuing two young boys from drowning in Falling Creek Reservoir, according to a story in The Times-Dispatch. The award was Scouting’s second-highest honor for heroic deeds. ... Garnett, then 18 and a member of Sea Explorer Ship 863, pulled an unconscious boy from 25 feet of water on July 28, 1967, after he heard the youngster screaming for help, according to news accounts.
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mbowes@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6450
By MARK BOWES Richmond Times-Dispatch
13 hrs ago
A Chesterfield County man found fatally stabbed in his apartment Friday afternoon was an early advocate of gay and lesbian rights in Virginia and a registered lobbyist for the movement in 1981 at the Virginia General Assembly. ... Bruce M. Garnett, 67, had been dead for several weeks when police were called Friday to check on his welfare and found him deceased inside his residence in the 700 block of Chinaberry Drive, according to police and the victim’s older brother, Bill Garnett.
Police advised Garnett’s family that he had been fatally stabbed and that his pet dog, a Japanese Chin named TyTy, also was found dead, apparently from a lack of food or water for weeks, Bill Garnett said in a phone call Monday from his home in Taiping, Malaysia. ... Chesterfield police on Monday confirmed the victim’s cause of death, which they said is being investigated as a homicide.
....
According to a February 1978 newsletter by the Richmond Gay Rights Association, Garnett was the “first openly gay man to lobby the General Assembly.”
....
Said Bill Garnett: “Bruce was a good person. He was an Eagle Scout, and he once received from the governor of Virginia a commendation for saving a boy’s life.” ... Garnett was one of two Scouts who on July 9, 1968, was presented the Certificate of Heroism by then-Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. for rescuing two young boys from drowning in Falling Creek Reservoir, according to a story in The Times-Dispatch. The award was Scouting’s second-highest honor for heroic deeds. ... Garnett, then 18 and a member of Sea Explorer Ship 863, pulled an unconscious boy from 25 feet of water on July 28, 1967, after he heard the youngster screaming for help, according to news accounts.
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mbowes@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6450
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How sad someone did this to someone so brave. 
