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Herman Beasley

by Karen Gadbois
Mr. Beasley..no worries

One of my favorite neighbors and community activist Herman Beasley had a stroke this weekend. He is in the ICU and responding well.

Take care Mr. Beasley..we miss you.

Karen Gadbois

Karen Gadbois co-founded The Lens. She now covers New Orleans government issues and writes about land use. With television reporter Lee Zurik she exposed widespread misuse of city recovery funds and led to guilty pleas in federal court. Her work attracted some of journalism's highest honors, including a Peabody Award, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award and a gold medal from Investigative Reporters and Editors. She can be reached at (504) 606-6013.

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