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Despite the tales you may have heard, Marion Barry won’t live forever. And it seems that he’s slowly preparing for the day that he no longer occupies public office, according to tweets from the Post’s Tim Craig today.

At a discussion hosted by the Washingtonian’s Carol Joynt today, Barry said that he’s grooming a number of possible successors, including his own son, something he joked about—or did he?—late last year.

The mayor-for-life (and Ward 8’s “commander-in-chief,” natch) also said that he’s working on a 22-chapter autobiography, of which only a chapter or two will deal with his drug problems. (Possible title, if it were up to us? The Book Set Me Up: The Life and Times of Washington, D.C.’s Finest Mayor Since Ever.)

And don’t forget that Spike Lee may still make a movie about Barry—starring Eddie Murphy.

Barry said his past addiction issues and arrest will only be “one chapter, maybe two” in 22 chapter autobiography he’s in process of writing

— Tim Craig (@timcraigpost) September 27, 2012