Wilson grew up in Virginia and earned a music scholarship to Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, where he performed and studied with Lionel Hampton, the Heath Brothers and Ellis Marsalis.

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One obvious choice, the nearby academic hospital Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, didn't have particularly good results.

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Professor BOB HOLSWORTH (Virginia Commonwealth University): I think voters are generally fairly forgiving about apolitical figure's flaws.

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