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Obituary: Martin McLaughlin, 89; advocate for poor and hungry

by Joe Holley

Martin McLaughlin, 89, an expert on food policy and an advocate for the world’s poor and hungry, died Nov. 27 of congestive heart failure at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington. He lived in Arlington.

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