Penn Kemble, 64, Fighter for Democracy and Civil Rights
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Penn Kemble, who died Sunday at 64, was former acting director of the United States Information Agency and a longtime fighter for democracy whose causes ranged from civil rights in the 1960s, to voter registration in the 1970s, to support for the Nicaraguan Contras in the 1980s.
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