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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Charles Ruff, the powerful Washington lawyer who represented President Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal and his impeachment trial, died Sunday. He was 61. White House spokesman Jake Siewert said Clinton was told that Ruff had died after an accident at his Washington home. Details of the accident were not available. <SNIP> Ruff had used a wheelchair since contracting a rare tropical paralyzing disease while teaching law in Africa in the 1960s. <SNIP> just me, Marjorie 68/58/55