Walter Washington Dies at 88

[MountainLaurel]

Walter Washington, the first elected mayor under D.C. home rule, has died this morning at Howard University Hospital. He was 88.

A spokeswoman for the university says Washington died at about 5:15 this morning.

Washington had been hospitalized in intensive care for more than a week. The cause of his death isn't immediately available.

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Washington as the District's mayor-commissioner in 1967. Washington became the first African-American to head a major U.S. city.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22815-2003Oct27.html

[northzax]

1. sad. I met him two weeks ago,

the night before he was hospitalised. He was a good man.

[Brucey]

2. What were his policies and accomplishments?

I knew nothing about him, and I am fairly well-informed.