Peter Freed, one of the brothers who built Lagoon into a Utah playground, dies at 99

Every job has its ups and downs, but Peter Freed’s job took that literally — he was one of the brothers who ran the Utah amusement park Lagoon, famous for its roller coasters.

Freed died on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the age of 99. He was the last of the five Freed brothers, who reopened the shuttered Lagoon after World War II. His family still owns and operates the park.

I wrote this obituary for Freed — which includes a fire, a water park, and a Beach Boys song — for sltrib.com.