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JIM JENKINS: The long, strong, spectacular life of Robert McMillan ends with grace
EDITOR'S NOTE: Raleigh native Jim Jenkins is a retired North Carolina journalist who was an editor and columnist on The News & Observer of Raleigh's editorial page. The same dignity — a word that perhaps fit him best — surrounded Robert …