RadioOnFire.com - The son of late Washington D.C. politician Marion Barry died of a drug overdose on Saturday, [August 13]. Marion Christopher Barry Jr. was just 36 years old.
Barry, Jr. attempted to follow in his father's footsteps with a failed 2015 bid for Barry, Sr.'s long-held council seat in the city's 8th Ward. To his eventual detriment, Jr. was also noted for his battle with drugs and run in's with the law. He was charged with drug and driving-related violations in 2011, 2013 and 2014 before receiving 12 months probation over an alleged outburst at a bank following his run for office in 2015.
Barry Sr. who got the nickname "Mayor for Life," was long revered as a political powerhouse who'd serve twice at the head of the nation's capital, with his first tenure lasting from 1979-1991 [the longest in D.C. history]. Before establishing himself in Washington, Barry Sr. had been a business organizer and school board member with a legendary past involving his work as an organizer during the civil rights movement of the 1960's. But his legacy took a hit when in 1990 he was busted in an FBI sting that involved him freebasing crack cocaine in the presence of an informant. The story took on a sensational edge as surveillance of the incident got around to circulating the news media.
Barry Jr's death comes nearly two years after the passing of his father to cardiac arrest in 2014.
Source: wtop.com
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