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Editor’s note: This story is No. 5 in a series looking at the top 10 stories of 2020 for the Sun Journal, counting down from 10 to 1 from Dec. 23 to Jan. 1.  Craven County Commission Johnnie Sampson, an icon in the black community for most of his 87 years, died at home Nov. 5  after a month-long battle with pneumonia and COVID-19. His daughter Betty confirmed that “It was peaceful.” After being hospitalized three times since early October, she said he had returned home on Sampson Stree...