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Harry Lee (August 27, 1932 – October 1, 2007) was the long-time sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. He was first elected in 1979 as the thirtieth sheriff, [1] and was re-elected six times, having served twenty-eight years and six months.
Oct 5, 2007 · Andy Wilkinson, 60, a Gretna insurance agent, paid homage to his longtime friend by wearing a gray cowboy hat signed by Lee. "He wasn't politically correct at a time when elected officials feel ...
Oct 1, 2007 · Harry Lee, the seven-term suburban New Orleans sheriff whose blunt talk sometimes led to sour relations with black leaders, died Monday, several months after announcing he had leukemia, his chief ...
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Aug 21, 2022 · One of Louisiana’s most powerful, colorful and sometimes controversial politicians, the late Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee, was born 90 years ago this week.
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Nov 28, 2006 · Harry Lee has always been a law unto himself," Gill says. Lee is a former restaurant and tavern owner, former federal magistrate, and former protege of the late U.S. House Majority Leader Hale Boggs.
Nov 1, 2009 · Especially when the life was as large as Harry Lee 's. Generous, blunt, loyal, funny, not much of a student -- those are a few impressions left by "Wild About Harry," the new documentary about ...
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Oct 2, 2007 · Harry Lee, Outspoken Louisiana Sheriff, Dies at 75. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1 — Sheriff Harry Lee, a wide-girthed lawman in the suburbs of New Orleans who became an outspoken voice for hostility to ...