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Clevelander and political operative Yvonne Grimes dies, the funeral is January 10, Black Women's PAC to salute Grimes at 7 pm on January 9 at E.F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home, Grimes loved politics, community work

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Yvonne Grimes By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist, educator, and 21- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- Clevelander and political operative Yvonne R. Grimes, who once ran unsuccessfully for city council in Ward 6 and worked as a big wig in the campaign of Ward 10 Councilman Jeff Johnson, and former Warrensville Heights mayor Clinton Hall, among others, has died. Grimes, who also campaigned for 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH), state Rep. Bill Patmon (D-12), and President Barack Obama, died Jan 5 at University Hospitals in Cleveland. She was 64, and purportedly had a fatal heart att