Marion Barry

Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr. (March 6, 1936 – November 23, 2014) was an American politician.

Barry was born in Itta Bena, Mississippi. He moved to Memphis, Tennessee at age five.

He served as the second elected Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991, and again as the fourth Mayor from 1995 to 1999 for the Democratic Party.

He has been a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, representing District of Columbia's Ward 8 from 2005 until his death in 2014.

Barry served a prison sentence for possession of crack cocaine and probation for not paying tax.

Barry had diabetes and prostate cancer. He had a kidney transplant in 2009. He died at a hospital in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 2014 from cardiac arrest, aged 78.

References

Other websites

Official website for Council Member Barry 
Marion Barry: Making of a Mayor
Marion Barry quotes 
The Barry Years: 40 Years of Committed Public Service 

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Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians