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Article: Coleman A. Young, first black mayor of Detroit, dies at age 79.(Obituary)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- December 15, 1997
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Coleman A. Young, who was elected the first Black mayor of Detroit in 1973 and went on to serve as mayor for a record 20 years recently died in Detroit's Sinai Hospital. Young was 79.
The cause of death was respiratory failure, officials said.
Young had been in intensive care since July 24. He suffered a cardiac arrest Nov. 12 and was in a coma on a ventilator after he was resuscitated. He had advanced emphysema and was hospitalized several times in recent years for heart and respiratory problems.
The outspoken, no-nonsense mayor was a symbol of Black political power. When he was first elected mayor, Detroit was a White-majority city. He ...