Bernal E. Smith II, president and publisher of the Tri-State Defender and a well-known civic leader in Memphis, Tenn., died Sunday. He was 45.

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Bernal E. Smith II, president and publisher of the Tri-State Defender and a well-known civic leader in Memphis, Tenn., died Sunday. He was 45.
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