Claude Lewis was an award-winning newspaper reporter and columnist at the former Philadelphia Bulletin and the Inquirer for nearly 45 years.
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He focused on civil rights issues of the day, and mentored many aspiring writers and reporters over the years as a founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists.
Lewis died Thursday after a long battle with diabetes.
He was 82.
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