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Dolores Huerta, labor leader and avid jazz fan, dies at 96
11 minutes Posted Oct 28, 2026 at 10:02 pm.
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Dolores Huerta died Wednesday at the age of 96, after a battle with cancer. She’s best remembered as a labor leader, who co-founded the United Farm Workers.


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