A livestreamed service at Joseph Levine and Sons Memorial Chapel Inc. is planned for Thursday. Survivors also include a daughter and eight grandchildren.
Sprague served as chief counsel and director of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Select Committee on Assassinations, which probed the killings of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“He had such incredible curiosity about so many things, his son said. “He would love to read about anything from astronomy to science, and before 6:30 on most mornings for many, many years, he had already read all of these newspapers and sent around press clippings from the New York Times and other publications to a whole list of family and friends.”
Prominent Philly lawyer Richard Sprague, influential in civic affairs, dies at 95
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Philly lawyer Sprague, active in civic affairs, dies at 95
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