Editing Ralph Abernathy (section)

==Death==
Abernathy died at [[Emory Crawford Long Memorial Hospital]] on the morning of April 17, 1990, from two blood clots that traveled to his heart and lungs, at the age of 64.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |title=Ralph David Abernathy, Rights Pioneer, Is Dead at 64 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0311.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 18, 1990 |access-date=August 1, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531092121/http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0311.html |archive-date=May 31, 2010 }}</ref> After his death [[George H. W. Bush]], then the [[President of the United States]], issued the following statement:
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[[Barbara Bush|Barbara]] and I join with all Americans to mourn the passing of the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, a great leader in the struggle for civil rights for all Americans and a tireless campaigner for justice.<ref name="nyt"/>
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He is entombed in the Chapel Mausoleum of Lincoln Cemetery in Atlanta.<ref>Resting Places: The Burial Places of 14,000 Famous Persons, by Scott Wilson</ref> At Abernathy's behest, his tomb has the simple inscription: "I TRIED."<ref name="philly"/>