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Mark R. Warner: “He was a fighter. He was kind and funny, but, boy, you did not want to get on the wrong side of Gerry Connolly because…”

On the recordMay 27, 2026
He was a fighter. He was kind and funny, but, boy, you did not want to get on the wrong side of Gerry Connolly because sometimes that fighting spirit would show itself in his relentless — in other words, getting into an argument with Gerry was not something anybody looked forward to.
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Mark R. Warner
Virginia

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