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FILE - In this April 17, 2011 file photo, Gary, Ind., mayoral candidate Ragen Hatcher poses for a photo with her father, former Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher, prior to a election forum held in downtown Gary. The city of Gary replaced Columbus Day with a holiday honoring its late Mayor Richard Hatcher, on Feb. 2, 2021. Hatcher became one of the first Black mayors of a big U.S. city when he was elected in 1967. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond File)

Gary replaces Columbus Day with day honoring its late mayor

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FILE - In this June 12, 1979 file photo, Mayor Richard Hatcher of Gary, Ind., center, reads a telegram to the United States Senate that he and seven other mayors sent regarding a proposal to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, in Pittsburgh, Penn., during the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Coleman Young of Detroit, left, and Maynard Jackson of Atlanta also spoke. On Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, Hatcher, who became one of the first black mayors of a big U.S. city when he was elected in 1967, died. He was 86. (AP Photo)

Former Gary, Indiana, Mayor Richard Hatcher dead at 86

By TOM COYNE and RICK CALLAHAN - Associated Press