Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry dead at 78

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Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry dead at 78
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Marion Barry, the former four-term mayor of Washington, D.C. and a sitting member of the city council, died Sunday morning. He was 78 years old. His family did not specify a cause of death, though Barry had been in poor health for some time.

Barry served as mayor from 1979 to 1991, and again from 1995 to 1999, with a six-month prison stay in between after he was caught smoking crack.

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Jon Terbush
Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.