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    Irma "Pete" Cameron Dryden was stationed at Tuskegee Army Airfield station hospital in the 1940s while the pilot cadets were in training.
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    Irma “Pete” Cameron Dryden, 100, nurse to Tuskegee Airmen
    Merlin Ector had a storied 30-year career with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
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    Merlin Ector, 52, GBI agent with a storied 30-year career
    The Rev. Robert Graetz, a white minister who defied Southern segregationists by supporting the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, and whose friendship with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. inspired him to a life dedicated to social justice, has died at the age of 92.
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    Robert Graetz, white minister who supported Montgomery bus boycott, dies
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    Charles Manson, left, during a recess in a Superior Court hearing into Gary Hinman's slaying in 1970. Beside him is his attorney, Irving A. Kanarek. Kanarek died Sept. 2 at age 100.
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    Attorney who defended Charles Manson dead at 100
    Portman Holdings Vice Chairman Jack Portman speaks during the ground breaking ceremony of Coda at Tech Square in 2016, in Atlanta. Branden Camp/Special
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    Jack Portman, 71, helped bring the world to Atlanta, and Atlanta to...
    Lloyd and Mary Ann Whitaker were honored for a $10 million gift that helped build a new home for the the famous and massive painting of the Battle of Atlanta. Photos: Kim Link and Bartram Nason
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    Lloyd Whitaker, 86, his $10M gift secured home for iconic Atlanta...
    Marcia Sasser, 75, of Marietta, died Aug. 3 at Northside Hospital after complications from COVID-19. Sasser is remembered by her loved ones for her resiliency and determination to make the most out of life. CONTRIBUTED
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    Marietta resident known for her smile, resilience dies of COVID-19
    William Harbour participated in the Nashville student movement for civil rights and the 1961 Freedom Rides to open up public transportation for Blacks. He was beaten and imprisoned for that. Bita Honarvar bhonarvar@ajc.com
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    William Harbour, freedom rider and civil rights activist
    030523 - ACWORTH, GA -- (north Cobb) - In this Friday May 23, 2003 photo we see longtime North Cobb High School baseball coach Harvey Cochran (cq) in a portrait . Coach Cochran is our Cobb AJC Sports Baseball Coach of the Year. (ANDY SHARP/AJC staff)
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    Harvey Cochran lived baseball, influenced the game statewide
    Photo by Joey Ivansco/AJC. slug: OLY-STADIUM-FOUR-COX ATLANTA. George Taft manages the miles of drawings that show builders what to do. (Photo by Joey Ivansco/The Atlanta Journal & Constitution - Cox Newspapers)
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    George Taft, 77, oversaw construction of Turner Field, Georgia Dome
    Greg Block, founder of First Step Staffing
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    Greg Block, 54, an entrepreneur who gave back, dies
    Dr. Frank Lockwood, a founding member of Village Theatre and a family physician, died Aug. 5 of COVID-19.
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    Doctor who used humor, medicine to heal dies of COVID-19
    Atlanta-Defense attorney Warren Fortson has died. He played a role in trying to racially integrate Sumter County in the early 1960s and paid a price for his efforts. VINO WONG / VWONG@AJC.COM
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    Warren Fortson, 92, paid a price for supporting integration
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    Former presidential candidate Herman Cain has died
    Jef Bredemeier’s documentary “Dante’s Down the Hatch” focuses on Dante Stephensen, whose fondue restaurant operated in Underground Atlanta and Buckhead for more than four decades. Bredemeier’s documentary will be shown twice during the Atlanta Film Festival. CONTRIBUTED BY JEF BREDEMEIER
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    Dante Stephensen, 84, iconic Atlanta restaurateur


    John Lewis
    Selma says its final goodbye to Rep. John Lewis
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    Georgia deputy remembered for service, love of dogs
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    Ray Gunnin, laid foundation for 21st century Gwinnett, dead at 92
    John Lewis
    John Lewis occupied a singular perch on Capitol Hill
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    Lewis played multiple roles in civil rights movement
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    John Lewis left footprints across metro Atlanta
    U.S. Rep. John Lewis made peace with many, but never with President Donald Trump. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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    Lewis vs. Trump: Antagonists until the end
    Congressman John Lewis waves to the crowd as he makes his way down Peachtree Street during the 49th Annual Pride Festival and Parade in 2019. Lewis was an early supporter of gay rights and attended the parade for years. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC
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    John Lewis saw in gay rights a movement like civil rights
    John Lewis, seen here in 1982 as an Atlanta city councilman, set a template for his political career that did not change. (Floyd Edwin Jillson / AJC file)
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    Years in Atlanta City Hall tested Lewis’ mettle
    John Lewis (right side, with tan coat) and Hosea Williams are shown moments before they were attacked by Alabama state troopers on March 7, 1965. It’s a day that would be known as “Bloody Sunday.” Later in life, many came to Lewis to ask forgiveness for their actions. CONTRIBUTED BY MAGNOLIA PICTURES
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    Lewis found himself a confessor to those repenting of racism
    July 25, 2017 Atlanta - Portrait of C.T. Vivian at his home on Tuesday, July 25, 2017. The National Monuments Foundation will be acquiring and managing the world-class library of Atlanta Civil Rights icon, C.T. Vivian. The library will be housed in the new Cook Park in Vine City. Vivian lived in the same Vine City neighborhood that will border Cook Park where his library is to be constructed under a 101-foot Peace Column. The 6,000 volume C.T. Vivian Library is one of the most impressive private collections in the city. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
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    C.T. Vivian, civil rights hero and intellectual, dead at 95
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    Connie Curry, Atlanta civil rights activist, dead at 86
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    John Sweet, activist and lawyer, dies at 77
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    Georgia Tech officer ‘lit up a room’
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    Gay McLawhorn Love, 90, matriarch of Atlanta’s Printpack
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    Benjamin Hill, 78, from dentistry to influential art collector
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    Henry Holley, 92, organized Billy Graham’s crusades
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    Macon native and music icon Little Richard dies at 87
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    Thelma Grundy, 93, Atlanta soul food queen
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    Harry Johnson, 96, Atlanta’s two-time Mr. America
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    Harold Shumacher, 72, turned love of dining into a business
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    Retired Clayton teacher McKibben a pioneer remembered for his kindness
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