Renowned Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt dies at 88 ...Middle East

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Richard Hunt, a Chicago native who became one of the nation’s preeminent sculptors over his several decades’ long career, died Saturday at 88 years old. Hunt died peacefully at his home in Chicago, according to an obituary on his website. As a sculptor, Hunt made the largest contribution to public art in the U.S., with more than 160 public sculpture commissions in 24 states and Washington, D.C., his website stated. At 19 years old, Hunt attended the open-casket funeral of Emmett Till, who had grown up only four blocks from the Woodlawn home where Hunt was born. Shaken by Till’s death, he went on to champion the civil rights movement and create sculptures that, according to the Smiths

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