Closing the File on Mike Mailway

Seattle-based trivia columnist L.M. Boyd, known in the P-I as Mike Mailway, retired Aug 7. Boyd, 77, started the column more than 40 years ago locally, then went into syndication. He first retired in 2001, but returned after seven months with "From the Files of Mike Mailway." See this article for more details.

He died on Jan. 22, 2007. Read his obituary.

L.M. Boyd's "Mailway" columns are no longer available at SeattlePI.com.

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