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SOUTH END — Mel King, a politician and dedicated leader who worked on behalf of the city’s most vulnerable, has died. We’ll update when we have more details. King was 94. PHOTO BY BILL BRETT, from Mel’s birthday party and shown with Mayor Marty Walsh and former Mayor Ray Flynn. For more coverage of Mel’s 89th birthday party, see Bill’s photo from 2017 here.
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 23, 2017] SOUTH END — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, former Mayor Ray Flynn, and numerous other city officials, South End residents, and students turned out recently at the McKinley School for a birthday celebration to recognize community leader/author/former politician Mel King. Called a “Son of the South End,” King is perhaps best remembered as a community leader who challenged Flynn in 1983 to be Boston’s mayor after then Mayor Kevin White…
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