Bill "The Beer Man" Scott dies at 58

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Bill Scott, better known to his many fans as "Bill the Beerman," died Sunday night from complications of colon cancer originally diagnosed in 2001. He was 58.

For more than 20 years, Scott led cheers in the Kingdome, starting in 1976 as a beer vendor who spontaneously encouraged fans to shout at Seahawks and Mariners games.

If you lived here then and went to the Kingdome, you knew him, the big barrel-chested guy with the beard and booming voice who sold you beer and gave you permission to cheer.

In 1981, the Beerman became a pro cheerleader, hired first by the Seahawks, then the Mariners. The Portland Trail Blazers called him after that, and gigs followed with CBA teams and minor league hockey teams, ultimately ending with the Boise State football team four years ago.

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--- I remember when we first got our CBA Basketball team, the Sunkings. They hired The Beer Man to come in and liven the joint up.

He hung around for a couple seasons, and why not? It's just a short jut over the mountains to Yakima, and our little arena was no challenge for his booming voice.

I can say no game I have attended without The Beer Man were quite as entertaining as those first few with him.