Barry, resilient ex-市長 of Washington, eulogized as 'freedom 闘士，戦闘機'
By Lacey Johnson
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec 6 (Reuters) - Thousands of 会葬者s gathered in downtown Washington on Saturday to 企て，努力，提案 別れの（言葉，会） to Marion Barry, known as the 資本／首都 地区's "市長 for life" after serving four 条件 in office between 1979 and 1999 that were marred by スキャンダル.
"He never stopped working. He never stopped serving ... and that's why the people loved him," said civil 権利s 行動主義者 Reverend 足緒 Jackson, who 配達するd Barry's eulogy.
"His 指名する is on the 栄誉（を受ける） roll of freedom 闘士，戦闘機s," said Jackson. "The man helped emancipate Washington."
The four-hour event at the Walter E. Washington 条約 中心 示すd the third and final day of 記念の services for Barry, who remained a popular 政治家，政治屋 にもかかわらず a 割れ目 コカイン 有罪の判決 in 1990 and other スキャンダルs.
"Marion Barry understood that our lives are 示すd by sin, 同様に as virtues," said Rev. Willie Wilson, who made 開始 発言／述べるs に引き続いて a public 見解（をとる）ing on Saturday morning.
Barry, 78, died on Nov. 23 予定 to 複雑化s from heart problems. He was a city councilman when he died, 代表するing 貧窮化した 区 8.
When Barry first became 市長, he 焦点（を合わせる）d 資源s on poor 近隣s, 政府 契約s for 黒人／ボイコット 商売／仕事s and 職業s on the city payroll.
"I grew up on Marion Barry. I was able to see his 影響 on Washington from my 早期に years," said Yusef Bey, 63, a Washington native who traveled from Baltimore for Saturday's 記念の. "I love the man and his work. He was an example for humanity - what can be done."
Washington's 現在の 市長, Vincent Gray, credited Barry with helping to build a 黒人／ボイコット middle class and put the city's 財政／金融s under 支配（する）／統制する.
Barry's third 連続した 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 was sullied by open talk of womanizing, drinking and 麻薬 use. In his autobiography Barry said he was 燃料d in those days by a "mix of 力／強力にする, attraction, alcohol, sex and 麻薬s."
In 1990, Barry, a married man, was 逮捕（する）d on a hidden ビデオ camera smoking 割れ目 with a former girlfriend. At the time, the city was 疫病／悩ますd by a 割れ目 疫病／流行性の and 麻薬-関係のある 殺人s.
Hundreds of people turned out on the streets of southeast Washington on Friday to 支払う／賃金 尊敬の印 to Barry as his casket was 輸送（する）d on a horse-drawn carriage for a 記念の service at the 寺 of 賞賛する church, where he had worshipped.
Barry was buried at 連邦議会の 共同墓地 in Southeast Washington in a 私的な 儀式 に引き続いて Saturday's event. He was married four times and had one son. (Editing By Frank McGurty and 認める McCool)
