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Norton Statement on the Passing of Marion Christopher Barry

August 15, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) called her friend Cora Masters Barry yesterday morning to express her deepest sympathies at the tragic loss of her stepson Marion Christopher Barry, son of the late-D.C. Mayor Marion Barry.

“Christopher’s death has stunned not only his family and friends, but also the District, which saw him grow up from the time he entered school here as a child. Some thought Christopher lived a life of privilege, but he experienced the pain that often comes with that so-called privilege. Many beyond his friends and family feel the deep loss of Christopher in the springtime of his life.”