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Claiborne Pell, R.I. senator

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Claiborne Pell, 90, the quirky blueblood who represented blue-collar Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate for 36 years and was the force behind a grant program that has helped tens of millions of Americans attend college, died yesterday at his Newport home after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.

Claiborne Pell ,of "Pell Grants."
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    by By Eric Tucker, Associated Press, Inquirer
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