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- Birth nameLarry Melvin Speakes
- Larry Speakes was born on September 13, 1939 in Cleveland, Mississippi, USA. He was married to Aleta Sindelar and Laura Crawford. He died on January 10, 2014 in Cleveland, Mississippi, USA.
- SpousesAleta Sindelar(2001 - January 10, 2014) (his death)Laura Crawford(196? - 1 198?) (divorced, 2 children)?(198? - 199?) (divorced, 1 child)
- On January 30, 1987, President Ronald Reagan awarded Speakes the Presidential Citizens Medal.
- Speakes was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in 2008.
- Larry had three children from his first two marriages, a daughter, Sondra 'Sandy' Lanell Speakes Huerta, and two sons, Scott Speakes, and Jeremy Speakes; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
- Attended the University of Mississippi, where he majored in journalism.
- Winner of the Distinguished Journalism Alumni Award from the University of Mississippi in 1981.
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