William H. Gray III, a Pennsylvania congressman who became the nation’s highest-ranking African American elected official while serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and who later headed the United Negro College Fund, died July 1 in London. He was 71. He collapsed while attending the Wimbledon tennis tournament with one of his sons. A family spokesman, William Epstein, said the cause of death was not immediately known. (Rusty Kennedy/ASSOCIATED PRESS) - William H. Gray III became House majority whip in 1989, the highest...
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