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Founder Of Famed Soul Food Restaurant Dies

from National Public Radio
July 20, 2012

Sylvia Woods founded the famed Harlem soul food restaurant that carries her name in 1962. She died Thursday — the same day New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was to celebrate her legacy. Woods was 86.

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  • Morning Edition, July 20, 2012
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