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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Former WKRG-TV news reporter Leo Alexander died Thursday in Mobile at age 61.
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Alexander worked at WKRG in the early 1990s before moving on to WWL-TV in New Orleans and WRC-TV in Washington, D.C.
In 2010, Alexander ran for mayor of Washington, D.C. He finished third in the Democratic primary.
Alexander was a graduate of Davidson High School and the University of South Alabama. He earned a master’s degree at George Washington University.
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Alexander appeared in the 1992 movie Under Siege, which was filmed on the U.S.S. Alabama in Mobile and starred Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, and Gary Busey…