MADISON – Ed Beers, a spiritual guide to many, preacher of the Gospel, intercessor and embracer of humanity, died Monday, April 16, 2012, at the age of 86. He served as a campus minister at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 26 years. He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Alabama during the civil rights movement and counseled students opposed to the Vietnam war.
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