Posted on 11/23/2014 7:42:59 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Marion S. Barry, Jr., the sharecropper's son and civil rights activist who became Washington, D.C.'s most flamboyant and divisive mayor for four terms, died early Sunday at the age of 78.
United Medical Center spokeswoman Natalie Williams said Mr. Barry arrived at the hospital around 12:30 a.m. and died at 1:46 a.m., following a brief stay at Howard University Hospital. No cause of death was given, but Barry had suffered many health problems over the years, including prostate cancer, diabetes, anemia and kidney ailments.
Among Washington's poorest residents, Barry was viewed as a symbol of hope for the attention he gave to poverty, often giving jobs—and sometimes cash—to the people who needed it most. His critics, however, complained of a level of cronyism that almost bankrupted the city.
On a national scale, Barry will likely be remembered for his 1990 arrest for smoking crack in a hotel room with a young woman, a video of which was widely distributed throughout the media. He was sentenced to six months in prison for the violation.
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The bitch set him up!
RE: The bitch set him up!
I wonder what famous statement Bill Clinton, Hillary and Barack Obama will be remembered for when their time comes...
Wow. I am stunned by the absence of the slightest emotional reaction. A crack-smoking, race-baiting, pro-abortion political hustler. The only thing he ever did to benefit the world is to die.
The most significant aspect of this event is the answer to the question will Ben and Jerry’s ice cream company change the name of the flavor from Marion Berry to Berry Oberry?
He’s repeating those words to his new comrades in hell.
A journalist friend of mine gave Hiz Honor the moniker “Mayor for Life”. Marion actually liked the name.
Sure ruined my Sunday
Marion may be dead, but his spirit will live on every election as he continues to vote.
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Don't bet on it. :)
Not to worry, Marion Barry will be voting early and often for Democrats for the next 150 from his grave.
Ben and Jerry’s new…Crack and Coke
First thing I thought of too.
There is a reason Marion and bury-em rhymes.
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy!
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my unnamed source said he will be buried with his favorite crack pipe and 12 pounds of crack ‘just in case’...
I thought he od on crack cocaine
You know they say
Crack is whack LOL!
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