Kate Fleming

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name = Kate Fleming


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birth_date = October 6, 1965
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death_date = December 14, 2006 (aged 41)
death_place = Seattle, Washington
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occupation = audio book narrator, producer
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spouse = Charlene Strong
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nationality = American

Kathryn Ann "Kate" Fleming (October 6 1965 - December 14 2006)cite news
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url= http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-fleming24dec24,0,6257138.story?coll=la-home-obituaries
title = Kate Fleming, 41; Narrator was a star in the audio book world
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date =2006-12-24
accessdate =2007-01-26] was an American award-winning audio book narrator and producer.

She was the owner and executive producer at Cedar House Audio, an audio production company specializing in spoken word that is located in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Fleming died when a flash flood trapped her inside her Madison Valley basement studio during the Hanukkah Eve Wind Storm of 2006. She is survived by her partner of nine years, Charlene Strong.cite news
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url= http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/296094_fleming15ww.html
title = Flash flood killed Madison Valley woman
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publisher =The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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date =2006-12-15
accessdate =2006-12-16] cite news
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title =Audiobook star killed in basement flood
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publisher =The Seattle Times
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date =2006-12-16
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url= http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/296299_flemingobit18.html
title = Kate Fleming, 1965-2006: Actress a star in the world of audio books
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publisher =The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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date =2006-12-18
accessdate =2006-12-18] cite news
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url= http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/296210_flemingside16.html
title = Halted drainpipe project continues to soak neighborhood
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date =2006-12-16
accessdate =2006-12-18] cite news
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coauthors =Claudia Rowe
url= http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/296439_drains19.html
title = Fleming's neighbors long complained about drains
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publisher =The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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date =2006-12-19
accessdate =2006-12-19] cite news
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url= http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/296898_drains22.html
title = High volume of water, trouble calls fed tragedy
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date =2006-12-22
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Fleming was born in Arlington, Virginia. She grew up in the Washington, D.C. area and graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1987 (Bachelor of Arts, Religion). Fleming studied at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kentucky and was an alumna of the 1987/1988 Apprentice Company. [cite web
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url= http://www.actorstheatre.org/about_alumni.htm
title =Apprentice/Intern Alumni Directory
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accessdate =2006-12-16] After a stint as a professional actor, she branched into audio books in the mid-1990s. Fleming recorded well over 200 titles, many under the stage name Anna Fields. [cite news
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coauthors =Jane Horwitz
url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR2006121901590.html
title = Actress, Voice-Over Artist Kate Fleming, 41; Drowned in Studio During Seattle Flooding
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publisher =The Washington Post
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date =2006-12-20
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In 2004, Fleming won the Audie Award for Unabridged Fiction for her performance of Ruth Ozeki's "All Over Creation". In a July 1 2005 interview with the William & Mary Alumni Association, Fleming noted several of her favorite narration projects: [cite news
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title = Alumni Q&A: Kate Fleming '87
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publisher =The William & Mary Alumni Association
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date =2005-07-01
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*"Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett
*"The Falls" by Joyce Carol Oates
*"Baker Towers" by Jennifer Haigh
*And, “Any title” by Louise Erdrich

References

External links

* [http://www.cedarhouseaudio.com/ Cedar House Audio]
* [http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/gvpages/A1054.shtml AudioFile magazine Golden Voices profile]
* [http://www.afterellen.com/blwe/05-18-2007?page=0%2C4 An obituary on the lesbian site AfterEllen.com]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6645711 Book World Loses Narrator Kate Fleming] December 19, 2006 on National Public Radio; Two minutes and 52 seconds. (Windows Media Player, RealPlayer).
* [http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=charlenestrong09&date=20070809&query=kate+fleming Add your voice to the chorus calling for equality and dignity] , Guest column by Charlene Strong, Seattle Times, August, 9, 2007
* [http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews35_46/page1.cfm In tragedy's wake, an unlikely activist is born] , Seattle Gay News, November 16, 2007
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flRDufPZ0Bk&eurl=http://www.formywife.info/video.php "for my wife" movie trailer"]