# Bernie Papy

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{{short description|Politician from Florida, US}}
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thumb|right|C. 1947
[[File:BC Papy with MD Papy portrait.jpg|thumb|Bernie C. Papy standing with a portrait of [Mariano D. Papy](/source/Mariano_D._Papy)]]
'''Bernie Clayton Papy Sr.''' (May 27, 1902 – August 10, 1964) was an American politician from [Key West](/source/Key_West), Florida. He served in the [Florida House of Representatives](/source/Florida_House_of_Representatives) from 1935 until 1962, representing Key West.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/142845|title=State Representative Bernie C. Papy – Key West, Florida|agency=Florida State Library and Archives|website=Florida Memory}}</ref> Papy ran for office again in 1964, winning the primaries, but died in a Miami hospital following lung cancer surgery before contesting the general elections.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bernie Papy, King Of Keys, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/223478210 |accessdate=January 13, 2020 |work=Orlando Sentinel |agency=UPI |date=August 11, 1964 |page=1 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Florida Memory|agency=Florida State Library and Archives |title=Portrait of veteran legislator Bernie C. Papy – Tallahassee, Florida |url=https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/43129 |accessdate=January 4, 2018}}</ref> [Bernie Papy Jr.](/source/Bernie_Papy_Jr.) was his son.

==See also==
*[Mariano D. Papy](/source/Mariano_D._Papy)

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web|url=http://thebluepaper.com/article/wisteria-island-bernie-c-papy-talks-with-kwtn/|title=Bernie C. Papy, III Talks About Wisteria Island|website=Key West The Newspaper|access-date=4 January 2019|archive-date=May 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519035629/http://thebluepaper.com/article/wisteria-island-bernie-c-papy-talks-with-kwtn/|url-status=dead}}
* [https://www.amazon.com/Key-West-Special-Peter-Wick-ebook/dp/B00VIXI60O/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=key+west+peter+wick&qid=1617482308&sr=8-2 (Fictionalized) Papy features in 2013-15 suspense/crime "Key West" book series by Peter Wick], also featuring Miami Herald columnist, [Stephen Trumbull](/source/Stephen_Trumbull)

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Category:Members of the Florida House of Representatives
Category:People from Key West, Florida
Category:1902 births
Category:1964 deaths
Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Florida
Category:20th-century members of the Florida Legislature

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