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UNC grad, longtime North Carolina politician Jim Broyhill dies at 95


Jim Broyhill, a longtime North Carolina Republican congressman who served briefly in the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy before losing a bid to keep the job, died early Saturday at age 95, his family said. Broyhill, a scion of the Broyhill Furniture business in the North Carolina foothills that brought jobs and prestige to the region, graduated from UNC in 1950. (Associated Press)

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UNC grad, longtime North Carolina politician Jim Broyhill dies at 95