Son of former D.C. mayor Marion Barry dead at 36

Marion "Christopher" Barry Jr., the son of the late Washington, D.C. mayor with the same name, has died at age 36

The only son of the former D.C. mayor was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead early Saturday morning, WUSA reports.
No cause of death has been officially announced.

His struggles were well known from the time he watched his fathers successes and failures. RIP Chris! pic.twitter.com/PM9i6bFsvf

— bruce johnson (@brucejohnson9) August 14, 2016