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Rev. Al Sharpton’s Father Has Died at 93

COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP

“I’m deeply saddened to announce the passing of my father, Al Sharpton, Sr. Our relationship was complicated, but he was still my father,” his son, 69, said in a statement.

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