Rev. Lucius Walker, American who led aid caravans to Cuba defying US embargo, dies at 80
By APWednesday, September 8, 2010
Walker, defier of US embargo on Cuba, dies at 80
HAVANA — Rev. Lucius Walker, who led an annual pilgrimage of U.S. aid volunteers to Cuba in defiance of Washington’s near half-century-old trade embargo, has died of a heart attack in New York. He was 80.
Walker headed the nonprofit Pastors for Peace, which since 1992 has brought tons of supplies donated in the U.S. to Cuba — goods ranging from walkers and wheelchairs to computer monitors and clothing.
A statement on the New York City-based Pastors for Peace website expressed “immeasurable sadness” about “the passing of our beloved, heroic, prophetic leader Rev. Lucius Walker Jr.”
The statement said he died Tuesday.
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