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Politicians Who Died of Breast Cancer

Very incomplete list! in chronological order   Annabelle Lane Vincent (1929-1984) — of Leitchfield, Grayson County, Ky. Born in Kyrock, Edmonson County, Ky., January 4, 1929. Democrat. Member of Kentucky Democratic State Executive Committee, 1970. Female. Baptist. Died, of breast cancer, in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., October 7, 1984 (age 55 years, 277 days). Interment at Sweeden Cemetery, Sweeden, Ky.   Relatives: Daughter of Ernest Lane and Clorene Musick Lane; married to William Ralph Vincent, Sr..   Marietta Peabody Tree (1917-1991) — also known as Marietta Tree; Mary Endicott Peabody; Marietta FitzGerald — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., April 17, 1917. Democrat. Member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1954-60; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1956; U.S. Representative to United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 1961-64; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967. Female. Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha. She was walking with Adlai Stevenson in London in 1965, when he suffered a fatal heart attack. Died, from breast cancer, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 15, 1991 (age 74 years, 120 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Forest Hill Cemetery, Northeast Harbor, Mt. Desert, Maine.   Relatives: Daughter of Rev. Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth (Parkman) Peabody; sister of Endicott Peabody; married, September 2, 1939, to Desmond FitzGerald; married, July 26, 1947, to Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree (grandson of Lambert Tree and Marshall Field; first cousin of Marshall Field III); mother of Frances FitzGerald; grandniece of Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; great-granddaughter of John Cortlandt Parker; second great-granddaughter of James Parker; fourth great-grandniece of George Cabot, Chauncey Goodrich and Elizur Goodrich; fifth great-granddaughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt; fifth great-grandniece of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus Van Cortlandt, Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747) and Timothy Pickering; first cousin twice removed of John Lee Saltonstall; first cousin thrice removed of William Crowninshield Endicott; first cousin five times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; first cousin six times removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall, William Gurdon Saltonstall and John Lee Saltonstall Jr.; second cousin twice removed of William Caleb Loring and Augustus Peabody Gardner; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas Bayard, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin five times removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston, William Livingston, James Jay, Philip P. Schuyler, John Jay, Frederick Jay, Judah Dana and Dudley Leavitt Pickman; third cousin of William Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin thrice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton and Henry Cabot Lodge; fourth cousin of William Amory Gardner Minot and John Forbes Kerry; fourth cousin once removed of William Goodrich Morrell Jr..   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Parker-Schuyler family of Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Jewel Lafontant-Mankarious (1922-1997) — also known as Jewel Stradford; Jewel Stradford Rogers; Jewel Stradford Lafontant — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., April 28, 1922. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1960 (alternate), 1972, 1988; candidate for superior court judge in Illinois, 1962; candidate for Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to , 1989. Female. African ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; National Bar Association; NAACP; American Civil Liberties Union. Died, of breast cancer, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 31, 1997 (age 75 years, 33 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Daughter of Cornelius Francis Stradford and Aida Arabella (Carter) Stradford; married 1946 to John W. Rogers; married 1961 to H. Ernest LaFontant; married 1989 to Naguib Soby Mankarious.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary   Vanessa Brown (1928-1999) — also known as Smylla Brynd; Tessa Brind — of Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Vienna, Austria, March 24, 1928. Democrat. Actress; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1956; honored guest, Democratic National Convention, 1960. Female. Jewish. Died, from breast cancer, at the Motion Picture Country Home, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 21, 1999 (age 71 years, 58 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.   Relatives: Married, August 15, 1950, to Robert Franklyn; married, November 29, 1959, to Mark Sandrich, Jr.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Rose Elizabeth Bird (1936-1999) — also known as Rose Bird — of California. Born near Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., November 2, 1936. Chief justice of California state supreme court, 1977-87; defeated, 1986. Female. Died, of breast cancer, at Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif., December 4, 1999 (age 63 years, 32 days). Cremated.   See also Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier   Jo Ann Davis (1950-2007) — also known as Jo Ann Sides — of Gloucester Courthouse, Gloucester County, Va. Born in Rowan County, N.C., June 29, 1950. Republican. Real estate business; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1997-2001; U.S. Representative from Virginia 1st District, 2001-07; died in office 2007. Female. Assembly of God. Died, from breast cancer, in Gloucester County, Va., October 6, 2007 (age 57 years, 99 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1974 to Charles E. Davis.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Anne L. Wexler (1930-2009) — also known as Anne Levy — of Westport, Fairfield County, Conn.; Washington, D.C. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 10, 1930. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1968; associate publisher, Rolling Stone magazine, 1973; lobbyist. Female. Jewish. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, from breast cancer, in Washington, D.C., August 7, 2009 (age 79 years, 178 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Daughter of Leon R. Levy and Edith (Rau) Levy; married 1951 to Richard Wexler; married, September 17, 1974, to Joseph Daniel Duffey.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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