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Civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84. Jackson worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was present at his assassination in 1968.

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CHICAGO (TNND) — Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a prominent American civil rights leader who worked closely with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and continued his work after his death, died Tuesday. He was 84.