RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Just before the start of the new year, a longtime leader in North Carolina for decades has passed away.
Former Raleigh mayor Tom Bradshaw died on Tuesday at the age of 87, according to the Brown-Wynne Funeral Home & Crematory.
The lifelong Raleigh resident served as mayor from 1971 to 1973, beginning his tenure as the youngest mayor in city history at age 32. Bradshaw later became the North Carolina secretary of transportation under Gov. Jim Hunt, who also died earlier in December…