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Richard Bach Author Richard Bach remains in serious condition Wednesday at Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center, where he is recovering from injuries suffered when his small plane crashed on San Juan Island. Bach’s son,  James Bach, said Sunday his father was lucid and had improved since the accident Friday left him with a head injury and broken shoulder. The…

The Associated Press Author Richard Bach remains in serious condition at a Seattle hospital Tuesday with injuries suffered when his small plane crashed on San Juan Island in Washington. Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Liz Hunter says there’s been no change in his condition. His son James Bach said Sunday his father was lucid and had improved since the…

The author of the bestselling novella “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” remained in serious condition Sunday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, but his son said his father’s condition has improved “markedly.” Richard Bach, 76,  was seriously injured Friday when he crashed his small, amphibious plane while attempting to land on a grass airstrip on San Juan Island….

Richard Bach, author of the classic 1970s fable “Jonathan Livingston Seagull,” was seriously injured Friday when he crashed his small plane on San Juan Island. Bach was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. A spokesman for the San Juan County Sheriff’s office confirmed that the tail numbers on the crashed plane match those of Bach’s plane,…