{{Short description|American columnist and editor}} {{Distinguish|text=the North Dakota Senator, Doug Larsen}} '''Doug Larson''' (February 10, 1926 – April 1, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenbaypressgazette/obituary.aspx?n=douglas-lincoln-larson&pid=184820343&fhid=14324|title=Douglas Lincoln Larson's Obituary on Green Bay Press-Gazette|website=Green Bay Press-Gazette|access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref>) was a columnist and editor for the Door County Advocate (1953–1964) and wrote a daily column, "Doug's Dugout,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/life/2017/04/03/doug-larson-leaves-legacy-humorous-one-liners/99981426/|title=Doug Larson leaves legacy of humorous one-liners|work=Press Gazette Media|access-date=2017-12-28|language=en}}</ref>" for the Green Bay Press-Gazette (1964–1988),<ref name=Ebert2007>{{Citation | title = Doug Larson | url = http://thehoustonpilgrim.com/CM/Larson_04_08_07.htm | year = 2007 | author = Ebert | journal = The Houston Pilgrim | accessdate = 2010-04-03 }}</ref> both Wisconsin-based newspapers. The column was originally syndicated through United Media under the title "Senator Soaper Says"; Larson took over authorship in 1980.<ref name=Riley1995>{{Citation | title = Biographical dictionary of American newspaper columnists | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XSGKylQuBocC&pg=PA172 | year = 1995 | author = Riley, Sam G. | pages = 172–173 | isbn = 978-0-313-29192-0 | accessdate = 2010-04-03 }}</ref> Previously, it had been written by Bill Vaughn of the Kansas City Star.<ref>{{Citation | title = Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats: Uncommon Wisdom for Uncommon Times | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Zudl8qlMLkoC&q=%22Senator+Soaper+Says%22&pg=PA367 | year = 2009 | pages = 367 | isbn = 978-0-7611-5525-6 | last1 = Petras | first1 = Kathryn | last2 = Petras | first2 = Ross | accessdate = 2010-04-03 }}</ref> Larson was born in the city of Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin.
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