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Huey Long mortally wounded

Huey Long mortally wounded

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Dr. Carl Weiss assassinates Louisiana Senator Huey Long, Jr. in the Louisiana State Capitol as Long tried to remove Weiss' father-in-law from a judicial post. Long would die of his wounds two days later.

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1935
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