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Richard A. Sprague, a prominent Baltimore-born Philadelphia lawyer who prosecuted murderers, won high-stakes civil lawsuits and was deeply influential in state and city political and civic affairs, died Saturday night, his family announced.
A livestreamed service at Joseph Levine and Sons Memorial Chapel Inc. is planned for Thursday. Survivors also include a daughter and eight grandchildren. Sprague served as chief counsel and director of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Select Committee on Assassinations, which probed the killings of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “He had such incredible curiosity about so many things," his son said. “He would love to read about anything from astronomy to science, and before 6:30 on most mornings for many, many years, he had already read all of these newspapers...