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Tom 'Tiger' Ziegler, Hotel Congress bartender for decades, dies at 91

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Tom "Tiger" Ziegler, long-time bartender at Hotel Congress and downtown icon, has died. He was 91. Ziegler's family announced his passing in a post on the Hotel Congress Facebook page Friday morning. Ziegler had been a bartender in the hotel's taproom since 1959. He had worked there so long that, on his 80th birthday, they named it after him. "The Hotel Congress was Tigers life," the post said. "We love how he always acknowledged his Hotel Congr…

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Iconic Tucson bartender, Tap Room's Tom 'Tiger' Ziegler, dies at 91

For 60 years, Tom 'Tiger' Ziegler was the crier, laugher and counselor at Tucson's Hotel Congress. The iconic Tap Room bartender died Dec. 21 at age 91.

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Legendary Hotel Congress bartender Tiger passes away

Tom "Tiger" Ziegler worked as a bartender at Hotel Congress for more than six decades and Tiger's Tap Room was named after the legend.

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Tom 'Tiger' Ziegler, Hotel Congress bartender for decades, dies at 91

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Tucson Foodie

Remembering Tom Ziegler, AKA 'Tiger' of Tiger's Tap Room

We’ve lost an iconic figure in Tucson’s bar scene. Tom Ziegler, most commonly referred to as Tiger, has passed away. He began bartending at Hotel Congress in 1959. When he turned 80 years old, the historic hotel renamed its bar Tiger’s Tap Room in his honor. Tiger’s Tap Room at Hotel Congress (Photo credit: Jackie Tran) The Ziegler family released the following statement about Tiger, who had been featured in several publications like The New Yo…

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