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https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/images/attach/donaldson-edit.jpg624351Once one of the most powerful men in local D.C. politics, Ivanhoe Donaldson passed away over the weekend at 74. Those who look back on his career see him as the "fixer" behind Marion Barry's rise.