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Inspiration for 'Norma Rae' Dies at 68

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RALEIGH, N.C. (Sept. 14) — Crystal Lee Sutton, whose fight to unionize Southern textile plants with low pay and poor conditions was dramatized in the film "Norma Rae," has died. She was 68.
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Crystal Lee Sutton, whose fight to unionize Southern textile plants with low pay and poor conditions was dramatized in the film Norma Rae, has died. She was 68. Sutton died Friday in a hospice after a long battle with brain cancer, her son, Jay Jordan, said Monday. She fought it as long as she could and she crossed on over to her new life, he said.