She also had a penchant for fancy shoes, even though she had one leg. Though Northwest baby boomers remember her as the disco owner in Pioneer Square - sometimes stopped and recognized at Bremerton grocery stores - friends describe her life as “tragic,” filled with drinking, drugs and health problems, cared for at her Bremerton duplex for the last eight years of her life by her neighbor, 64-year-old Monte Levine.īut she never let her limitations get in the way of a good time.īauman loved the lush images of the musical “Moulin Rouge” and was known for pausing movies on close-ups of Val Kilmer. 18 at age 63 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after a nomadic life of dancing and partying. Subscriber Center – Port Orchard IndependentĪnd the bar’s four-year run showed how one person, and one of her limbs, can change history without even trying.īauman died at her home in Bremerton Nov.
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