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Harrel Gordon Tillman, a Methodist minister who also pursued careers in acting and broadcasting before he turned to the law and became the first black judge in Texas, died June 19 in Houston. He was 73.
The cause was multiple myeloma, said a niece, Jane Tillman Irving of New York.
Mr. Tillman, who practiced law in Houston for some 30 years, was admitted to the Texas bar in 1962. In 1964 Houston Mayor Louie Welch named him to the municipal court,...