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Bookmark or Share- Former mayor of Washington Marion Barry is dead at 78Barry died Sunday at 78. His family said in statement that Barry died shortly after midnight at the United Medical Center, after having been released from Howard University Hospital on Saturday...
- Former DC Mayor Marion Barry dies at 78 | AP NewsBarry, 78, died Sunday at the United Medical Center after having been released from a hospital a day earlier. Barry died naturally of heart problems caused by high blood pressure, and his kidney disease was a contributing factor, the D.C. medical examiner said. Barry had a kidney transplant several years ago.
- Marion Barry | Washington DC Mayor, Civil Rights Leader ...Marion Barry (born March 6, 1936, Itta Bena, Mississippi, U.S.—died November 23, 2014, Washington, D.C.) was an American civil rights activist and politician who served four terms as mayor of Washington, D.C. Barry received a bachelor’s degree from LeMoyne College (1958) and a master’s degree from Fisk University (1960).
- Marion Barry - WikipediaFor his son, see Marion Christopher Barry. For other uses, see Marion Barry (disambiguation). Marion Shepilov Barry (born Marion Barry Jr.; March 6, 1936 – November 23, 2014) [1] was an American politician who served as mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999.
- Former DC Mayor Marion Barry dies at 78 | AP NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — A controversial and tireless advocate for the U.S. capital who helped uplift the city's majority black population, Marion Barry was the ultimate Washington, D.C., politician, though his arrest for drug use in the midst of a crack cocaine epidemic came to overshadow his accomplishments.
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