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Community Mourns Loss of Griff Blakewood

Lafayette is mourning the loss of the man many credit with the preservation of the 100-acre Horse Farm property that is now being transformed into a multi-purposed, community park. Eldred “Griff” Blakewood IV, 54, the much beloved University of Louisiana professor of geosciences, died Monday after a year-long bout with cancer. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION