Marion Barry, an icon of D.C. politics good and bad for more than 40 years, has died at age 78. "It is with deep regret that the family of former four-time D.C. Mayor, and Ward 8 City Councilman, ...

Marion Barry, the fiery Washington, D.C., politician who was famously re-elected after going to jail for crack cocaine possession, has died after months of battling health issues. He was 78. The ...

(Editor’s Note: This article was first published in June of 2014 when Marion Barry released his biography. The 4-term former DC mayor has died at age 78 of an undisclosed illness.) It’s the 1980s and ...