Sep 06
Effi Barry Dies
Posted by Slobokan @ 18:52 · 102 words · print
Effi Barry, the District of Columbia's stoic former first lady who endured her husband's drug abuse and unfaithfulness during his years as the city's mayor, died Thursday. She was 63.
Barry died of leukemia at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Md., said Justin Paquette, a spokesman for the hospital.
Effi Barry separated from Marion Barry in 1990, shortly after he was caught on videotape at a downtown hotel smoking crack cocaine with an ex-model and asking her to have sex with him.
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She is survived by her and Barry's son, Christopher Barry, and her mother, Polly Lee Harris, both of Washington.
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