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James W. Ames (1864-1944) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
12, 1864.
Republican. Physician;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1908;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1924;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1924.
African ancestry.
One of the founders of Dunbar Hospital
(1918).
Died in 1944
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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C. C. Antoine (1836-1921) —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., 1836.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1870-72; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1872-76.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
In 1890, he was vice-president of the New Orleans Comite des
Citoyens, which mounted an unsuccessful legal challenge to the
Louisiana segregation law; the case, Plessy v. Ferguson, went
to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1921
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Bethlehem
Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Dale Nicki Atkins —
also known as Dale N. Atkins —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Democrat. Orleans Parish Civil District Court Clerk; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1996,
2004,
2008
(alternate).
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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B. V. Baranco —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1900,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidney J. Barthelemy —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1986-94.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1994.
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Donna Brazile (b. 1959) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Kenner, Jefferson
Parish, La., December
15, 1959.
Daughter of Lionel Brazile and Jean Brazile.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from District of Columbia, 2004-08.
Female.
Catholic.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Andrew Brown —
of Jeanerette, Iberia
Parish, La.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Dorothy A. Brown (b. 1954) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Minden, Webster
Parish, La., September
4, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; accountant;
Cook
County Circuit Clerk, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 2004;
candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 2007.
Female.
Church
of God in Christ. African ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2011.
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Troy A. Carter (born c.1969) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born about 1969.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives 102nd District, 1992-94; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 2000;
candidate in primary for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 2002.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
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James A. Cobb —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Arcadia, Bienville
Parish, La.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia,
1920;
municipal judge in District of Columbia, 1926-.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Louis Cohen (1860-1930) —
also known as Walter L. Cohen —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
24, 1860.
Son of Bernard Cohen and Amelia (Bingaman) Cohen.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920.
African ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
29, 1930 (age 70 years, 339
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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F. H. Cook —
of Lake Providence, East
Carroll Parish, La.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1912.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bettye Davis (b. 1938) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Louisiana, May 17,
1938.
Democrat. Social
worker; member of Alaska
state house of representatives; elected 1990, 1992, 1994;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1996;
member of Alaska
state senate District K, 2001-; defeated, 1996.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta; League of Women
Voters; Zonta; NAACP.
Still living as of 2001.
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Herbert H. Eddington —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1972,
1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Robert Brown Elliott (1842-1884) —
also known as R. B. Elliott —
of Edgefield
County, S.C.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in England,
August
11, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Edgefield
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1868-70, 1874-76;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1868
(alternate), 1880;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1871-74;
resigned 1874; South Carolina
Republican state chair, 1876; candidate for South
Carolina state attorney general, 1876.
African ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August 9,
1884 (age 41 years, 364
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, La.
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R. J. Evans (1853-1921) —
of Navasota, Grimes
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in Louisiana, 1853.
School
teacher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1879-82; defeated (Republican),
1882; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1884.
African ancestry.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., September
27, 1921 (age about 68
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Louise M. Fayerweather (born c.1870) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Louisiana, about 1870.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1924,
1928.
Female.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to George H. Fayerweather. |
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Cleo Fields (b. 1962) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
22, 1962.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1993-97; defeated,
1990; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1996,
2000.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Ezola Broussard Foster (b. 1938) —
also known as Ezola B. Foster; Ezola
Broussard —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Louisiana, August 9,
1938.
School
teacher; Republican candidate for California
state assembly, 1984; arrested
with others while protesting
recognition of the gay Log Cabin Republican organization, at the
California Republican state convention, 1987; Reform candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2000.
Female.
Catholic.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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William Herbert Gray III (b. 1941) —
also known as William H. Gray III; Bill
Gray —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., August
20, 1941.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1979-91.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Al Green (b. 1947) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
1, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 2005-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 2008.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Augustus Freeman Hawkins (1907-2007) —
also known as Augustus F. Hawkins; Gus
Hawkins —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., August
31, 1907.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1935-62; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1940,
1944,
1960,
1964,
1988;
Presidential Elector for California, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-91 (21st District 1963-75,
29th District 1975-91).
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
10, 2007 (age 100 years, 71
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nicholas Hood III (b. 1951) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., 1951.
Minister;
candidate in primary for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 2001, 2009.
United
Church of Christ. African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Paulette R. Irons (born c.1954) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., about 1954.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1993-94; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1995-; candidate in primary for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 2002.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2002.
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William Jennings Jefferson (b. 1947) —
also known as William J. Jefferson —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Lake Providence, East Carroll
Parish, La., March 14,
1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1979-90; candidate for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1982, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1999; named as unindicted
co-conspirator by prosecutors in connection with Brent Pfeffer's
guilty plea to bribery
charges.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Velma Marjorie Dreyfus Jeter (1903-1998) —
also known as Velma Jeter; Velma Marjorie
Dreyfus —
of Port Arthur, Jefferson
County, Tex.; Orange, Orange
County, Tex.
Born in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., July 15,
1903.
Daughter of Jules Dreyfus and Victoria (Smith) Dreyfus.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,
1980,
1996.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died January
23, 1998 (age 94 years, 192
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1926
to Clell Edward Jeter. |
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William E. King (born c.1891) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oak Ridge, Morehouse
Parish, La., about 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1925-27, 1929-33; member of Illinois
state senate 3rd District, 1935-39; defeated, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940,
1944,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1940, 1942, 1944,
1946, 1948.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; Freemasons;
Foresters.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin F. Lacey (b. 1867) —
of Shiloh Plantation, Issaquena
County, Miss.
Born in Louisiana, 1867.
Republican. Cotton farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1908.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Harvey Lowery (1860-1941) —
also known as J. H. Lowery —
of Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La.
Born in Plaquemine, Iberville
Parish, La., October
18, 1860.
Son of John Harvey Lowery (1834-1907) and Elizabeth (Carson) Lowery
(1835-1919).
Republican. Physician;
sugar grower;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1916
(alternate), 1920,
1940.
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, in Flint-Goodridge Hospital,
New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
25, 1941 (age 80 years, 342
days).
Interment at Ascension
Catholic Cemetery, Donaldsonville, La.
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Relatives: Son
of John Harvey Lowery (1834-1907) and Elizabeth (Carson) Lowery
(1835-1919); married 1883 to
Elizabeth Conway (1867-1924); married, December
13, 1927, to Mary L. Brown (1907-1993). |
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John Roy Lynch (1847-1939) —
also known as John R. Lynch —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.
Born in slavery
in Concordia
Parish, La., September
10, 1847.
Son of Patrick Lynch and Catharine Lynch.
Republican. Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1869-73; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1871-73; Mississippi
Republican state chair, 1871-89; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Mississippi, 1872,
1884
(Temporary
Chair), 1888,
1892;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1873-77, 1882-83;
major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
African ancestry.
Died in 1939
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ernest Lyon (1860-1938) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Belize City, Belize,
October
22, 1860.
Son of Emmanuel Lyon and Ann F. (Bending) Lyon.
Republican. Minister;
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1903-10; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, 1903-10.
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons.
Died in 1938
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Married to Marie Wright. |
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Ernest N. Morial (1929-1989) —
also known as Dutch Morial —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born October
9, 1929.
Mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1978-86.
African ancestry.
Died December
24, 1989 (age 60 years, 76
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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Marc H. Morial (b. 1958) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in 1958.
Son of Ernest
N. Morial.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1990; member of Louisiana
state senate 4th District, 1992-94; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1994-2002; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1996,
2000.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
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C. Ray Nagin —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Democrat. Mayor
of New Orleans, La., 2002-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 2008.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Charles Edmund Nash (1844-1913) —
of Washington, St. Landry
Parish, La.
Born in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., May 23,
1844.
Republican. Bricklayer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1875-77; postmaster.
African ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 21,
1913 (age 69 years, 29
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, La.
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Willie W. Payne (b. 1955) —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Spearsville, Union
Parish, La., 1955.
Police
officer; mayor of
Pontiac, Mich., 2002-.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry.
Still living as of 2005.
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Richard Pennington —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Candidate for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 2002.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
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Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (1837-1921) —
also known as P. B. S. Pinchback —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Macon
County, Ga., May 10,
1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1868, 1879; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1868,
1884,
1888;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1868-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1871-72; Governor of
Louisiana, 1872-73.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
21, 1921 (age 84 years, 225
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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John Hamilton Reed (b. 1862) —
also known as John H. Reed —
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., March 4,
1862.
President,
College of West Africa, 1907; U.S. Vice Consul Genera in Monrovia, 1908-14.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wilson Camanza Riles (1917-1999) —
also known as Wilson Riles —
of California.
Born near Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., June 27,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; California
superintendent of public instruction, 1971-83; defeated, 1982.
African ancestry.
Died, following a series of strokes
and heart
attacks, at Mercy Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., April 1,
1999 (age 81 years, 278
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Louise Phillips. |
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James M. Singleton —
also known as Jim Singleton —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Candidate in primary for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 2002.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 2002.
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George Bundy Smith (b. 1937) —
of New York.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 7,
1937.
State court judge in New York, 1987-92; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1992-.
Congregationalist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1993.
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E. W. Sorrell —
of Louisiana.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1912.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Madison Vance —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1896
(speaker),
1908,
1912,
1916.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Pinkie Carolyn Wilkerson (c.1948-2000) —
also known as Pinkie Wilkerson —
of Grambling, Lincoln
Parish, La.
Born about 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives 11th District, 1992-2000; died in
office 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1996,
2000.
Female.
African ancestry.
Killed in a six-car automobile
accident, on Interstate 20 at Bossier City, Bossier
Parish, La., August 1,
2000 (age about 52
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. (b. 1932) —
also known as Andy Young —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 12,
1932.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; one of the founders of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, 1957; close advisor of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. until his assassination; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1973-77; defeated,
1970; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1977-79; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1982-90; candidate in primary for Governor of
Georgia, 1990.
United
Church of Christ. African ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Freemasons.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1978; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Still living as of 2009.
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