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Maynard JacksonMaynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. (March 23, 1938 - June 23, 2003) was former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and the first African-American mayor of that city. He helped build Hartsfield International Airport, which was renamed Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in his honor shortly after his death. He was also mayor when MARTA began rapid transit service, and when Atlanta won as host of the 1996 Centennial Summer Olympics in September 1990. He died of cardiac arrest at an Arlington, Virginia hospital after suffering a heart attack at Reagan National Airport in June 2003. He is buried on commons ground at Oakland Cemetery on a plot dedicated by the City of Atlanta. Jackson, Maynard
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