RI Sen. Pell, creator of Pell Grants, dead at 90
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090101/capt.ddb7a24af8d94909b64da321f179fc0e.obit_pell_ny126.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=X93ZXyCKXbso7lzvkyze.w--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="In this Sept. 5, 1995 file photo, Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., announces that he will not seek a seventh term during a news conference in Providence, R.I. Former six-term Rhode Island Sen. Claiborne Pell has died after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. He was 90. Pell, a Democrat, is best known for the grant program in his name that has helped millions attended college. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090101/ap_on_re_us/obit_pell)AP - Claiborne Pell, the quirky blueblood who represented blue-collar Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate for 36 years and was the force behind a grant program that has helped tens of millions of Americans attend college, died Thursday after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 90.</p><br clear="all"/>
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