In a year that saw a new virus emerge as one of the state's leading causes of death within weeks of its arrival amid a global pandemic, Colorado lost leading political and civic figures, pioneers who left their mark and helped shape the state they left behind. Through Dec. 30, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported 3,803 people in Colorado had died due to COVID-19, and 4,687 patients had the new coronavirus at their time of death, including deaths from other causes. Steve Farber, a founding partner and president of powerhouse, Denver-based law and lobbying firm Brow...