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Chicagoans remember Rev. Willie Barrow

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Thursday, March 12, 2015
Chicagoans remember Rev. Willie Barrow
Reverend Willie Taplin Barrow died peacefully at 2:30 a.m. Thursday at the age of 90 at home surrounded by family.
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicagoans remember Rev. Willie Barrow, a civil rights icon who died peacefully Thursday at the age of 90.

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