About two weeks after his death, a former Georgia senator described as “the people’s champion” will lie in state at Atlanta City Hall on Friday.

Vincent Fort. Fort’s body was laid in state at Atlanta City Hall for people to say their final goodbyes. “I was a freshman at Morehouse, he was one of the professors. He was always someone ...

Vincent Fort had one request of his family before he died of compilations from cancer last month: that the Connecticut native be buried in the state he considered his true home, Georgia.

ATLANTA — Former Georgia State Sen. Vincent Fort, who passed away on Dec. 22 after a battle with cancer, was honored once again in the city of Atlanta on Friday, as his body lay in state at city ...

Former state Sen. Vincent Fort will lie in state at Atlanta City Hall ahead of his funeral this weekend, the city announced on Tuesday. Fort passed away last week at age 68 from complications of ...

Former state senator Vincent Fort will lie in state at Atlanta City Hall on Friday, after dying from complications from cancer in December at 68 years old. A longtime champion for progressive ...