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Hodding Carter Dies at 65 Pioneer Editor Remembered in Mississippi
Hodding Carter Jr. Pulitzer prize winning publisher and author died at 65 in Greenville Mississippi from a heart attack. He led The Daily Delta Democrat Times and earlier founded The Delta Star. His editorials championed racial justice and drew national attention. Survivors include Betty Werlein Carter and two sons.
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