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Ramsey Clark, attorney general under Lyndon Johnson, dies By (0) Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark walks on Pennsylvania Avenue as thousands of protesters gather nearby to demonstrate against the Iraq War in Washington on September 15, 2007. File Photo by Alexis C. Glenn/UPI | License Photo April 11 (UPI) -- Ramsey Clark, the attorney general under President Lyndon B Johnson for 22 months then became a civil rights attorney, has died at his home in New York City. He was 93. Advertisement In 1977, Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark swore in his son. Clark served until 1969, and then bec...

5 Min Read NEW YORK -Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who helped shape U.S. civil rights law during the Johnson administration but went on to travel the globe to fight human rights abuses by his own country as he saw them, has died at age 93. FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark holds a discussion on the probability of a death or life sentence for Saddam Hussein in Washington October 5, 2006. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo Clark, one of the architects of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Civil Rights Act of 1968, died on Friday, family member Sharon Welch sai...

Sunday, 11 Apr 2021 09:11 AM MYT Ramsey Clark became a defender of unpopular figures and causes, including Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic. — AFP file pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. WASHINGTON, April 11 — Ramsey Clark, who promoted civil rights as America’s top law enforcement official in the 1960s but later helped defend Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic in court, has died at 93. The often controversial liberal figure and former attorney general died April 9 at his home in New York City, a niece, Sharon Welch, told US me...

Ramsey Clark, the attorney general in the Johnson administration who became an outspoken activist for unpopular causes and a harsh critic of U.S. policy, has died. He was 93.

Ramsey Clark, former attorney general, has died at age 93 April 10, 2021 / 9:50 PM / AP Ramsey Clark dies at 93 Ramsey Clark, the attorney general in the Johnson administration who became an outspoken activist for unpopular causes and a harsh critic of U.S. policy, has died. He was 93. Clark, whose father, Tom Clark, was attorney general and U.S. Supreme Court justice, died on Friday at his Manhattan home, a family member, Sharon Welch, announced to media outlets including The New York Times and The Washington Post. After serving in President Lyndon Johnson's Cabinet in 1967 and 196...