Tom Lantos, 80, Is Dead; Longtime Congressman
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Mr. Lantos was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in Congress.
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By Seattle Times  Feb. 3--The three state legislators from the Eastside's 48th District will hold three town-hall meetings with residents over the next couple of months.   Sen. Rodney Tom, D-Medina; Rep. Ross Hunter, D-Medina; and Rep.
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The Senate opened on a somber tone Tuesday morning, as members paid tribute to Sen. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., who died Monday evening of acute myeloid leukemia.
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Curtis Carroll, husband of U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab, has died, Schwab's office announced Tuesday.
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HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept 24 -  - Veteran U.S. Sen.   Daniel Akaka, an 82-year-old Democrat from Hawaii, defeated   upstart challenger and fellow Democrat, U.S. Rep. Ed Case in   the state's primary election.
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John Barrasso, a Wyoming lawmaker  and surgeon, was appointed as a U.S. senator from his state on  Friday to replace fellow Republican Craig Thomas, who died on  June 4 following a months-long battle with leukemia.
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Rep. Charles Whitlow Norwood Jr., 65, a Republican from Georgia who tirelessly promoted a patients' bill of rights and who sought stricter immigration policies, died Feb. 13 of cancer and lung disease at his home in Augusta.
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Former Texas Governor Ann Richards, who   sparred with former President George H.W. Bush and later lost   the state's top job to his son, President George W. Bush, died   on Wednesday. She was 73.
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Former Gov. Ann Richards, the witty and flamboyant Democrat who went from homemaker to national political celebrity, died Wednesday night after a battle with cancer, a family spokeswoman said. She was 73.
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Rep. Robert T. Matsui of California, who spent time in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans as an infant during World War II and went on to serve 26 years in Congress, has died of complications from a rare disease, his family said Sunday.
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Paul Nitze, one of the last leading U.S. statesmen of the Cold War period, has died at the age of 97.
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Former Japanese Prime Minister and veteran lawmaker Kiichi Miyazawa dies at the age of 87.
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By Michael Sluss and Beth Jones, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 4--RICHMOND -- Vic Thomas was not a controversial figure during his 30-year career in the House of Delegates.
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H. Donald Wilson, 82, under whose leadership the commercial database service LexisNexis introduced electronic research to law firms and news organizations, died of a heart attack Nov. 12 in front of his computer at his home in Mitchellville.
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Rep. Tom Lantos, who chairs the U.S.  House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee and is the  only Holocaust survivor elected to the Congress, on Wednesday  said he has been diagnosed with cancer and will not seek  re-election in November.
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For two of Congress' old bulls, the lame duck session that begins next week will be the last roundup. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens, 80, and his 73-year-old House counterpart, Rep. Bill Young, must surrender their posts by party rule when the new Congress starts in January.
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Actor Brad Renfro, former child star of such films as "The Client" and "Tom and Huck" who had battled drug abuse in recent years, was found dead in Los Angeles on Monday at the age of 25.