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    CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 20 Aug 2017

    Dick Gregory, comedian & civil rights activist, dead at age 84. He used his fame to help fight against segregation http://cbsn.ws/2vUMZNL pic.twitter.com/In9zIHi0u7

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      2. Gary A. Vasquez‏ @garyavasquez 20 Aug 2017
        Replying to @CBSNews

        People mourning him less than Jerry Lewis

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      3. Ham Walowitz‏ @HamWalowitz 20 Aug 2017
        Replying to @garyavasquez @gary_vasquez @CBSNews

        The world is unjust.

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      4. Gary A. Vasquez‏ @garyavasquez 20 Aug 2017
        Replying to @HamWalowitz

        No just ridiculous. Any millennials wish Jerry RIP yet never seen his work?

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      1. avoiceinthecrowd‏ @teruyo_yakus 20 Aug 2017
        Replying to @CBSNews

        MLK will greet his friend.

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      1. Noah Richards  🎃‏ @Nowinski96 20 Aug 2017
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        Meanwhile today people bag on celebrities when they become activists and speak out

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      1. musah sidibe‏ @agolu16 20 Aug 2017
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        He will be missed greatly. He made laugh and cry all the same time. A great civil right advocate and a comic, a blend you find in a very few

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      1. stmgardner‏ @jg420stm 20 Aug 2017
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        I fell in love with satire the first time I saw Dick Gregory on Johnny Carson. Brilliant Mind, Perfect Delivery, true to his cause

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      1. Fidel Mercado‏ @FidelMercado10 20 Aug 2017
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        RIP to one of the greats

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      1. Gregory R Bowden,Sr.‏ @GPBCNYC 25 Aug 2017
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        Gone, but never forgotten!

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      1. Noreen Johnst56@q.on‏ @Gibble56 21 Aug 2017
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        I remember Dick Gregory back in the day. May Dick RIP

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      1. Greywall‏ @Greywall_ 21 Aug 2017
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        and now people want segregation back again. What a terrible time to live in.

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      1. TSgt Reginald Honore‏ @reginald19844 20 Aug 2017
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        R.I.P.

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      1. Carter Siverson‏ @CarterSiverson 20 Aug 2017
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        A leader and teacher by example and actions,he will be missed.

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      1. Manuel Acero‏ @manuacero60 20 Aug 2017
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        Rip😪

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      2. Lonnie Allen‏ @LonnieAllen18 20 Aug 2017
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        Wasn't he very racist towards whites? Was he a black supremacists? Anybody pro white is a supremacist. Being pro black is a supremacists.

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      3. susan morrow‏ @sooze555 20 Aug 2017
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        4 Followers? Bot Go away.

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      1. PANDA6GOD‏ @panda6god_ 20 Aug 2017
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        pic.twitter.com/c6hz9fVOQQ

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      1. @desmblake18‏ @DesMBlake18 20 Aug 2017
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        RIP, Mr Gregory

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