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Wayne County sheriff dies from COVID-19 complications

Benny Napoleon, who was the Wayne County sheriff since 2009, spent weeks in the hospital with COVID-19.

DETROIT — Benny Napoleon, the sheriff of Michigan’s largest county and a former Detroit police chief, has died. 

Napoleon spent weeks in the hospital with COVID-19. He was Wayne County sheriff since 2009.

Tiffani Jackson says her 65-year-old father died Thursday at Henry Ford Hospital with family present. 

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who defeated Napoleon for mayor in 2013, says he can't think of a local leader “more loved and admired than Benny.” 

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