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Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, the longtime pastor at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and a towering community and religious figure in New York, died early Friday, his church announced this morning. He was 73.

“It is with profound sadness, we announce the passing of our beloved pastor, Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, lll, who peacefully transitioned in the early morning of October 28, 2022,” read a tweet from the Abyssinian Baptist Church posted shortly after 6:30 a.m. “The Butts Family & entire Abyssinian Baptist Church membership solicit your prayers.”