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Fierce advocate for ‘downwinder’ cancer victims of atomic testing dies

J Truman succumbs to cancer that he blamed on upwind tests in Nevada.

(Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo) J Truman, left., talks during an Oct. 3, 2018 panel at the University of Utah with playwright Mary Dickson. Truman died Thursday of cancer, which he blamed on fallout from nuclear weapons testing.