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Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers co-founder, dies at 96
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Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez, died at 96, her family said Wednesday2,3.
ABC News quoted the family as saying, "We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved mother, Dolores Huerta, has passed away today at the age of 96"2.
The family asked for privacy, ABC News reported2. KTLA said she helped start the National Farm Workers Association with Chavez3.
The New York Times posted an obituary; the full article was not readable without a subscription1. Outlets that published initial notices did not report a cause of death2,3.
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Labor rights leader Dolores Huerta dies at 96
The family announcement and UFW co-founding.
ABC News said Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers, died at 96 and quoted her family's statement asking for privacy.
Leaves out Cause of death and a full career chronology.
Dolores Huerta, labor leader and activist, dies at 96
Leads with a figure in the headline.
KTLA said Huerta, who helped co-found the National Farm Workers Association with Cesar Chavez, had died, and quoted her family's statement.
Leaves out Cause of death.
Dolores Huerta, Who Founded United Farm Workers With Cesar Chavez, Dies
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US civil rights leader Dolores Huerta dies aged 96
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Huerta fought for farm workers' rights in the 1960s and 1970s and had continued to work addressing immigration and voting issues. BBC News
Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
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Same copy also at: (AP, via CNBC)
Dolores Huerta, labor activist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
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Dolores Huerta was a labor activist and civil rights leader who co-founded the group that later became the United Farm Workers.
Where they agree
- Huerta died at 96, according to her family.
- She co-founded the farmworker organization associated with Cesar Chavez.