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Jim Brothers | Sculptor, 72

Jim Brothers, 72, whose bronze sculptures are on display in the nation's capital and at monuments around the country, died Tuesday at his home in Lawrence, Kan., where he had been receiving hospice care. Friends and colleagues said he had cancer.

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Jim Brothers, 72, whose bronze sculptures are on display in the nation's capital and at monuments around the country, died Tuesday at his home in Lawrence, Kan., where he had been receiving hospice care. Friends and colleagues said he had cancer.

Mr. Brothers is best known for two projects - creating a sculpture of Dwight Eisenhower on display at the Capitol in Washington and as the chief sculptor for the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va., said Paul Dorrell. Dorrell said the D-Day contract, which included 12 monumental bronzes, had a "huge impact on his career."

"Jim had an ability to communicate raw emotion in bronze that I had never encountered in a regional artist before," Dorrell said.

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