Horace Kornegay
The N+O is reporting that one-time Greensboro Congressman and long-time tobacco lobbyist Horace Kornegay has died.
Did anyone out there know the man? He is a little bit before my time, ending his lobbying career before I was in high school.
Update: Congressman Howard Coble's office just confirmed the death.
Update: Click here for our early online news item.
Update: Kornegay apparently participated in an oral history project.
Update: Here's a picture from our archives:
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