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Deagen's projects included a restoration of a historic carousel at Six Flags Over Georgia and the Quarry Exhibit at Stone Mountain Park.

A native of Detroit, Deagen helped design pieces at Six Flags in Saint Louis before being hired as chief designer for the one outside Atlanta.

His first project at Six Flags Over Georgia was a painstaking reconstruction of the five-row carousel that once graced Chicago's Riverview Park.

Deagen also devoted much of his time to paintings, including charcoal nudes and watercolors of Newfoundland scenes.

Deagen died Friday of brain cancer in his home in suburban Atlanta.

Survivors include his sister, Caroline Kambeitz of Caseville, Michigan, and his brother, John Deagen of Whitmore Lake, Michigan.

Story from AP.