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Carolyn Bryant, Donham, woman at center of Emmett Till killing has died

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The white woman at the center of the Emmett Till saga, Carolyn Bryant Donham, has died.

Megan LeBoeuf, chief investigator for the Calcasieu Parish coroner's office, confirmed Donham's . The 88-year-old was suffering from cancer and was receiving end-of- hospice care.

Devery Anderson, the author of “Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Movement,” said Donham's death marks the end of a chapter.

Some people “have been clinging to hope that she could be prosecuted. She was the last remaining person who had any involvement,” he said. “Now that can't happen.”

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For many, “it's going to be a wound, because justice was never done,” he said. “Some others were clinging to hope she might still or tell the truth. … Now it's over.”

In August 1955, Till had barely turned 14 when he his Mississippi relatives from Chicago, only to be beaten and shot to death after he reportedly wolf-whistled at Donham at a store in Money.
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