01 October 2007

jefferson parish, la. sheriff harry lee dead

Harry Lee died at 10:44 am at Ochsner Medical Center aged 75
Posted by The Times-Picayune October 01, 2007
10:53AM
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Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee died this morning, Chief Deputy Newell Normand announced.

Lee was admitted to the hospital Sunday morning after having difficulty breathing at home. He had just returned earlier in the week from treatment for his leukemia at M.D. Anderson Center in Houston.

"Harry Lee, sheriff of the parish of Jefferson left us," Normand announced outside Ochsner Hospital. He said the sheriff suffered from severe complications from leukemia.

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