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13 Things To Know About The Life And Career Of Powerful D.C. Mayor Marion Barry

13 Things To Know About The Life And Career Of Powerful D.C. Mayor Marion Barry

Marion Barry
13 Things To Know About The Life And Career Of Powerful D.C. Mayor Marion Barry. FILE – Former Mayor and current DC City Council member Marion Barry arrives at a media availability to endorse Mayor Vincent Gray’s bid for re-election, in this, March 19, 2014 file photo taken in Washington. Barry, who staged a comeback after a 1990 crack cocaine arrest, died early Sunday morning Nov. 23, 2014. He was 78. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Before his death in 2014 at age 78, Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry Jr. was a force to be reckoned with.

His obituary in The Washington Post described him as the most influential and savvy local politician of his generation.

Here are 13 things to know about the life and career of Marion Barry, the formidable local leader of the nation’s capital.