William H. Gray III, a third-generation Baptist minister from Philadelphia who won a seat in Congress in 1978 and rose to become the nation's highest-ranking black lawmaker, died Monday in London. He was 71. He died while attending the Wimbledon tennis tournament with his son Andrew, said William Epstein, who was Mr. Gray's communications director in Congress. Mr. Epstein said Mr. Gray had not been ill, and that the cause was not immediately clear. Mr. Gray, who served in the House from 1979 to 1991, was a persistent voice for equal rights, education and...
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