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DeKalb commissioner Lou Walker dies

By The Associated Press
<p>DeKalb County Commissioner Lou Walker has died, eight days after being injured in an automobile wreck during a storm.</p><p>Walker, 66, died at 9:30 p.m. Monday at Piedmont Hospital, a county spokesman said.</p><p>He was injured when his car hydroplaned and scraped a wall on Interstate 20.</p><p>Walker, co-owner of a public relations firm and a veteran actor, had represented District 7 in south DeKalb County since winning a special election four years ago. He played a school board member in the 2000 movie "Remember the Titans," which had some scenes shot in the Atlanta area.</p><p>___</p><p>HASH(0x28681b8)</p>
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