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Tarrant County District Attorney Tim Curry, dead at age 70

By Shawn Matlock

Long-time Tarrant County District Attorney Tim Curry died this morning at his home after a long fight with lung cancer.  Diagnosed in mid-2008, Mr. Curry had been undergoing an aggressive form of cancer treatment.  For the last several months, Mr. Curry had been working primarily at home.Tim Curry served as the elected District Attorney of Tarrant County since 1972.  He was the longest-serving district attorney in Texas.  Through that time, the Tarrant County District Attorney's office became arguably the best district attorney's office in the state.Although often overshadowed by the larger cities in Texas, Mr. Curry saw that the district attorney's office was never second-best to those of Dallas and Houston.  Mr. Curry implemented many ground-breaking and untraditional procedures and policies to the Tarrant County District Attorney's office...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on April 24, 2009 (boomark / email).