Obituary: Jim Watts flew bombing missions during the Second World War, golfed at age 99
Jim Watts takes three practice swings, then hits the golf ball crisply, pausing only a moment to watch it soar into the wide blue sky.
After seeing an online video of the 99-year-old golfer, Postmedia reached out to Watts to arrange an interview about his golf game.
On April 2, the morning a reporter planned to visit him, Watts felt short of breath. He was rushed to hospital, where doctors found fluid in his lungs and he was eventually diagnosed with cancer.
James Dowdney Watts, of Vancouver, di
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