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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry has died as confirmed by United Medical Center spokeswoman Natalie Williams to WTOP.</p><p>— WTOP (@WTOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/WTOP/status/536417593448734720">November 23, 2014</a></p></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br> </p><p><a href="http://dmv.barstoolsports.com/files/2014/11/Screen-Shot-2014-11-23-at-2.37.15-AM.png"><img src="http://dmv.barstoolsports.com/files/2014/11/Screen-Shot-2014-11-23-at-2.37.15-AM-480x426.png" alt="Screen Shot 2014-11-23 at 2.37.15 AM" width="480" height="426" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-36584" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="eager"></a></p><p> </p><p>Mayor for life Marion Barry has sadly passed. Did crack in office, went to jail, then was re-elected mayor. And along the way did great things for DC. Known as the “Mayor For Life”, and when he was arrested for freebasing coke famously said “bitch set me up!” Barry will always be a huge part of DC’s legacy. RIP.</p>

RIP Mayor For Life Marion Barry

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