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Robert Byrd, a Man of Transformations Whose Last Was Cut Short

Photo via MLive After the passing of the nation’s longest-serving senator, the obituaries have been generally focusing on a similar narrative: That Robert Byrd (D-WV) was a man of transformations. From Ku Klux Klansmen to a supporter of Barack Obama. But most of these obits are omitting another important transformation the late senator underwent; from a longtime supporter of all things coal to a man who recognized the importance of beginning a transition to a clean energy economy. Indeed, one of the

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Robert Byrd, a Man of Transformations Whose Last Was Cut Short

Jim Carroll, Author

Jim Carroll , the former drug addict turned prolific poet and writer of The Basketball Diaries , died of a heart attack on Friday at his residence in Manhattan. He was 60.

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