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Former Spring Lake mayor, police chief dead at 89

Former Spring Lake Mayor and Police Chief Bill Manning died, sources told WRAL Monday night.

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SPRING LAKE, N.C. — Former Spring Lake Mayor and Police Chief Bill Manning died, sources told WRAL Monday night.

Manning was also a veteran who served in the Army's 555th parachute infantry battalion. The unit, an all-black parachute unit that served during WWII, was nicknamed the Triple Nickles.

Family members said Manning died of natural causes in his Fayetteville home.

He was 89 years old.

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