Hosea Williams, civil rights leader, dies

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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Civil rights leader Hosea Williams died Thursday after a long illness. He was 74.

Williams was one of the leaders of the "Bloody Sunday" march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965. He was also by King's side in Memphis on April 4, 1968, when King was assassinated.

Williams died at Atlanta's Piedmont Hospital where he was being treated for an infection since October 20, hospital spokeswoman Nina Montanaro said.

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Williams was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1997 and had a cancerous kidney removed in October 1999. After the surgery, he underwent a series of chemotherapy treatments.

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