Jesse Jackson, trailblazing civil rights leader, dies at 84
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Jesse Jackson, the famed civil rights leader who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and later ran for president, died at 84 after battling progressive supranuclear palsy following a Parkinson's diagnosis; he leaves behind his wife and five children, with public observances planned in Chicago, and his legacy includes founding PUSH and The Rainbow Coalition and inspiring a generation of activists.
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