Former U.S. Rep. William H. Gray III. PHOTO/AP
Former U.S. Rep. William H. Gray III, who rose to influential positions in Congress and was the first African American to become majority whip, died Monday at 71.
Gray passed away suddenly Monday while in London with one of his sons to attend the Wimbledon tennis championships.
Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Gray graduated from Franklin & Marshall College and Drew Theological Seminary in Jersey City, New Jersey, before being elected
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