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	Mourners at Harlem&rsquo;s landmark Abyssinian Baptist Church arrived on&nbsp;Thursday for the wake of its longtime pastor, Calvin O. Butts III, who died Oct. 28 at age 73. Butts was also&nbsp;SUNY Old Westbury&rsquo;s college president for 21 years.
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