What is Paull Shin?
[[File:Senator Paull Shin (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Paull Shin''' (Shin Hobom, [[Korean language|Korean]]: 신호범; September 27, 1935 &ndash; April 12, 2021) was an American politician. He was a member of the [[Washington State Legislature|Washington State Senate]] from 1999 to 2014. He was the first [[Korean Americans|Korean American]] ever elected to the Washington State Legislature.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/distinguishedasi0000naka | url-access=registration | quote=Shin, Paull 1935. | title=Distinguished Asian American Political and Governmental Leaders| publisher=Greenwood Press | isbn=9781573563253| last1=Nakanishi| first1=Don T.| last2=Wu| first2=Ellen D.| date=2002-01-01}}</ref> Shin was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He was born in [[Paju]], [[South Korea]]. In January 2014, Shin was diagnosed with [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref>[http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140107/NEWS01/701079815/State-Sen.-Paull-Shin-resigns-citing-Alzheimer%26%23146s State Sen. Paull Shin resigns, citing Alzheimer’s]</ref> He died from problems caused by the disease on April 12, 2021 in [[Edmonds, Washington]] at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 15, 2021 |title=Former Sen. Paull Shin, longtime Edmonds resident, dies |url=https://www.edmondsbeacon.com/story/2021/04/15/news/former-sen-paull-shin-longtime-edmonds-resident-dies/24834.html |work=[[Edmonds Beacon]] |access-date=April 16, 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shin, Paull}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease]] [[Category:State legislators of the United States]] [[Category:Politicians from Washington (state)]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}