Former Mayor and current DC City Council member Marion Barry arrives at a media availability to endorse Mayor Vincent Gray's bid for re-election, in this, March 19, 2014 photo taken in Washington. The Associated Press
Then-Washington Mayor Marion Barry hugs his son Christopher in Washington in May 1998. The Associated Press
Cora Masters Barry, wife of Washington Mayor Marion Barry, looks on as the mayor grimaces during a news conference in May 1998. Barry, who staged a comeback after a 1990 crack cocaine arrest, died early Sunday morning Nov. 23, 2014. He was 78. The Associated Press
Councilman Marion Barry, former mayor of DC, speaks at a news conference in July 2009 about his recent arrest in Washington, D.C. The Associated Press
Mayor Marion Barry listens to speeches at the awards luncheon of the National Conference of Black Mayors, in this April 26, 2002 photo taken in Jackson, Miss. The Associated Press
This file frame from a black-and-white FBI videotape shows Washington Mayor Marion Barry allegedly lighting a crack cocaine pipe in a Washington hotel room in January 18, 1990 as Rasheeda Moore stands behind him. The Associated Pres
Former D.C. councilmember and former Washington Mayor Marion Barry in October 2011. The Associated Press.
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