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[StevenHW]

...at age 78.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/23/us/marion-barry-death/index.html

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"The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine." -- George Bernard Shaw

[Happycappie25]

Despite his transgressions (He was the rob ford of his day) He actually was a good mayor in one of the weirdest places to govern in the world (Not a state, not a territory but more power than a city or town and has to report straight to the federal government) There was a reason they let him back in despite his issues.

But it did lead to one of the best song lines in music history

"If you were on the job and caught smoking crack, McDonalds wouldn't even wanna take you back...but you can ALWAYS run for Mayor of DC" Good Charlotte

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"Leave it to the NCAA women's basketball committee to turn a glass slipper into glass ceiling" Graham Hays

[TonyL222]

If you get a chance, watch the HBO documentary, "The Nine Lives of Marian Barry." Puts his entire legacy (not just his latter year foolishness) into perspective. He was a good man - maybe even a great man - that lost himself.

[beknighted]

Barry was unique. Whatever you thought of his personal life, and the way he lost control of his administration, he always was focused on what he'd probably have called poor folks. One reason he got his last term as mayor and that he essentially was going to serve on the D.C. Council until he died was that he was about the only politician in D.C. who the people in Ward 8 felt cared about them.

I know the guy who was his lawyer for a long time, and he naturally had a lot of Barry stories. The one I particularly remember, though, was a time he told me that he'd told Barry to keep out of trouble for a while because he needed to make a living - he was doing work for Barry but not getting paid because Barry never really had enough money to afford a good lawyer.

[HistoryWomensBasketball]

one of our department heads was a very arrogant man who did get a lot done but treated everyone like we were his servants. in fact some of the women were expected to serve up a bit extra. the guy got his ass canned. there was the joke the only person that would hire him was Barry.

6 months later he was down in dc working for him.

there are some people who can do some great things in their professional life but just cant get their own lives straight.

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[TonyL222]