Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Valentine Rettig (1846-1917) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany,
June
11, 1846.
Republican. Grocer; meat dealer;
hotelier;
beer
bottler; mayor
of Corning, N.Y., 1905-07.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Maccabees.
Died, from pancreatic cancer, in Corning Hospital,
Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., March
17, 1917 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Valentine Rettig and Anna (Olenslager) Rettig; married 1870 to Mary
Kriger. |
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William Emmett Dever (1862-1929) —
also known as William E. Dever —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass., March
13, 1862.
Democrat. Leather
manufacturer; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1908
(alternate), 1924,
1928;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1923-27.
Died, from pancreatic cancer, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
3, 1929 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Robert Andrew Willson Barrett (1892-1945) —
also known as R. A. W. Barrett —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Rusk, Cherokee
County, Tex., November
21, 1892.
Real
estate business; Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Atlanta,
Ga., 1923-29.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died, from pancreatic cancer, in the station hospital,
Ellington Field, Houston, Harris
County, Tex., February
27, 1945 (age 52 years, 98
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Arthur Barrett and Lela May (Willson) Barrett; married to
Grace NcNaught Bloodworth. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (1882-1947) —
also known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia; "The Little
Flower" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
11, 1882.
Republican. U.S. Consular Agent in Fiume, 1904-06; interpreter;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1917-19, 1923-33 (14th District
1917-19, 20th District 1923-33); defeated, 1914 (14th District), 1932
(20th District); major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1934-45; defeated, 1921, 1929.
Episcopalian.
Italian
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died of pancreatic cancer, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
20, 1947 (age 64 years, 283
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Achille Luigi Carlo La Guardia and Irene Coen; married 1919 to Thea
Almerigotti; married, February
28, 1929, to Marie Fisher. |
| | | Cross-reference: Vito
Marcantonio — Clendenin
Ryan |
| | | LaGuardia Airport,
in Queens,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Fiorello LaGuardia: H. Paul
Jeffers, The
Napoleon of New York : Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia —
Thomas Kessner, Fiorello
H. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York —
Mervyn D. Kaufman, Fiorello
LaGuardia — Alyn Brodsky, The
Great Mayor : Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of the City of New
York |
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Philo Taylor Farnsworth Jr. (1877-1952) —
also known as Philo T. Farnsworth, Jr. —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Beaver, Beaver
County, Utah, May 19,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
represented railroads
and mining
companies; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Utah, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1940.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, from pancreatic cancer, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, October
4, 1952 (age 75 years, 138
days).
Interment at Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Utah.
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James Earl Carter, Sr. (1894-1953) —
also known as J. Earl Carter —
of Plains, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born September
12, 1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; grocer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Sumter County, 1953; died in
office 1953.
Died, of pancreatic cancer, July 22,
1953 (age 58 years, 313
days).
Interment at Lebanon
Cemetery, Near Plains, Sumter County, Ga.
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William Casey Marland (1918-1965) —
also known as William C. Marland —
of Glen Rogers, Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Born in Johnston City, Williamson
County, Ill., March
26, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1948-52; Governor of
West Virginia, 1953-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Lambda
Chi Alpha; United
Mine Workers; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Moose.
Died of pancreatic cancer, in Barrington, Cook
County, Ill., November
26, 1965 (age 47 years, 245
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Winthrop Rockefeller (1912-1973) —
of Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1912.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1961; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arkansas, 1964
(delegation chair), 1972
(delegation co-chair); Governor of
Arkansas, 1967-71; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Arkansas.
Baptist.
Member, Urban
League; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Died of lung
cancer or pancreatic cancer, Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., February
22, 1973 (age 60 years, 297
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Georgia Cozzini (1915-1983) —
also known as Georgia O. Purvis —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., February
14, 1915.
Socialist. Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1970, 1974; Socialist Labor
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1946, 1957; Socialist Labor candidate for
Vice
President of the United States, 1956, 1960.
Female.
Died, from pancreatic cancer, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., October
10, 1983 (age 68 years, 238
days). She had arranged to donate her
body to science, but the Medical College of Wisconsin lost the
paperwork.
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bayfield County, Wis.
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John Thomas Reardon (1910-1984) —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in St. Mary's Hospital,
Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., March 3,
1910.
Circuit judge in Illinois, 1957-76; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,
1976.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Eagles;
Elks; Lions; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of pancreatic cancer, at St. Mary's Hospital,
Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., March
16, 1984 (age 74 years, 13
days).
Interment at Quincy
Memorial Park, Quincy, Ill.
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Frank Forrester Church (1924-1984) —
also known as Frank Church; "Senator Sunday
School"; "Frank Cathedral" —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, July 25,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1957-81; defeated, 1980; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1960;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1976.
Member, American
Legion; United
World Federalists.
Died, of pancreatic cancer, in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 7,
1984 (age 59 years, 257
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Terence John Scanlon (1931-1992) —
also known as Terry Scanlon —
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., July 26,
1931.
Democrat. Businessman who owned Pizza Hut restaurant
franchises, a beer
distributorship, and was publisher
of the Wichita Business Journal; Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1977-79.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic cancer, in St. Francis Medical
Center, Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
15, 1992 (age 60 years, 173
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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William F. Passannante (1920-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
president, Cosmopolitan Trucking
Corporation; member of New York
state assembly, 1955-90 (New York County 1st District 1955-65,
69th District 1966, 63rd District 1967-72, 64th District 1973-82,
61st District 1983-90).
Catholic.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Lions.
Died of pancreatic cancer at Tisch Hospital
of New York University Medical
Center, New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1996 (age 76 years, 309
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Sidney Squire (1906-1997) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1906.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge of New York Court
of Claims, 1956-77.
Jewish.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion.
Died, of pancreatic cancer, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1997 (age about 90
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard M. Matsuura (c.1933-1997) —
also known as Dickie Matsuura —
of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii.
Born in Waialua, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, about 1933.
Democrat. Member of Hawaii
state house of representatives, 1983-84; member of Hawaii
state senate, 1985-97; resigned 1997.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic and liver
cancer, in Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii, May 2,
1997 (age about 64
years).
Cremated.
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John A. O'Connell (c.1920-2000) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born about 1920.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1955-63; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1962.
Died, of pancreatic cancer, at the California Pacific Medical
Center, San
Francisco, Calif., March 4,
2000 (age about 80
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul C. Scruggs (1937-2000) —
also known as Buddy Scruggs —
of Tennessee.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., December
17, 1937.
Republican. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives 17th District, 1977-91.
Died, of pancreatic cancer, in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., May 3,
2000 (age 62 years, 138
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Emily Couric (1947-2001) —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 5,
1947.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state senate 25th District, 1996-2001; died in office 2001; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 2001.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of pancreatic cancer, Charlottesville,
Va., October
18, 2001 (age 54 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Sister of Katie Couric. |
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John R. Dawson (1950-2003) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in 1950.
U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 2002-03, died in office 2003.
Died, of pancreatic cancer, in Mercy Hospital,
Long Island (unknown
county), N.Y., August
1, 2003 (age about 53
years).
Cremated.
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Jack Edward Tanner (1919-2006) —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
28, 1919.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 1978; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1978-91;
took senior status 1991.
African
ancestry.
Died, from pancreatic cancer, in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
10, 2006 (age 86 years, 347
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Talcott Williams Seelye (1922-2006) —
also known as Talcott W. Seelye —
of Maryland.
Born in Beirut, Lebanon,
March
6, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, 1972-76; Syria, 1978-81.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of pancreatic cancer, in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 8,
2006 (age 84 years, 94
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Thornton Pryce (1932-2006) —
also known as William T. Pryce —
of Pennsylvania; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., July 19,
1932.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1993-96.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of pancreatic cancer, in Alexandria,
Va., July 11,
2006 (age 73 years, 357
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Guy Adrian Vander Jagt (1931-2007) —
also known as Guy Vander Jagt —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.; Luther, Lake
County, Mich.
Born in Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich., August
26, 1931.
Republican. Journalist;
news
director, WWTV, Cadillac, Mich.; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 36th District, 1965-66; resigned 1966; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1966-93; defeated in
primary, 1992.
Presbyterian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died, of pancreatic cancer, in Washington,
D.C., June 22,
2007 (age 75 years, 300
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. (1927-2010) —
also known as Robert Mosbacher —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., March
11, 1927.
Republican. Founder, Mosbacher Energy
Company; member, board of directors and Executive Committee, American
Petroleum
Institute; director, Texas Commerce Bank;
director, New York Life
Insurance Company; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92.
Jewish;
later Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic cancer, in the M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
24, 2010 (age 82 years, 319
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Azzolina (1926-2010) —
of Middletown, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
26, 1926.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1966-71, 1986-87, 1992-2005
(Monmouth County 1966-67, District 5-B 1968-71, 13th District
1986-87, 1992-2005); member of New
Jersey state senate District 5, 1972-73; defeated, 1973 (12th
District), 1977 (12th District), 1987 (13th District); candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1988.
Died, from pancreatic cancer, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
15, 2010 (age 84 years, 79
days).
Interment at Fair
View Cemetery, Middletown, N.J.
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Samuel Hazard Gillespie Jr. (1910-2011) —
also known as S. Hazard Gillespie, Jr. —
of New York.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., July 12,
1910.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1959-61.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Council on
Foreign Relations; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of pancreatic cancer, in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., March 7,
2011 (age 100 years,
238 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mark Takai (1967-2016) —
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, July 1,
1967.
Democrat. Member of Hawaii
state house of representatives, 1994-2014; U.S.
Representative from Hawaii 1st District, 2015-16; died in office
2016.
Japanese
ancestry.
Died, from pancreatic cancer, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, July 20,
2016 (age 49 years, 19
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Darwood Alexander (1944-2017) —
also known as Robert D. Alexander; Bob
Alexander —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
31, 1944.
Served
in the Peace Corps; school
teacher; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1974 (Human
Rights), 1992 (Democratic primary); member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1977-79; Democratic candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 2004.
Unitarian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, from pancreatic cancer, in East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April
26, 2017 (age 72 years, 177
days). His body was
donated to the Michigan State University Medical School.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Gibson Alexander and Dorothy (Darwood) Alexander; married
to Julie Horn. |
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Robert A. Farmer (c.1939-2017) —
also known as Bob Farmer —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born about 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer;
campaign treasurer, Michael
Dukakis for President, 1988; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
U.S. Consul General in Bermuda, 1994-99.
Gay.
Died, from pancreatic cancer, in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 22,
2017 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Aretha Louise Franklin (1942-2018) —
also known as Aretha Franklin; "Queen of
Soul" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March
25, 1942.
Democrat. Singer; performed, Democratic National Convention, 1968 ;
inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, 1987; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 2005.
Female.
Died, from pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
16, 2018 (age 76 years, 144
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Morton Bahr (1926-2019) —
of Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 18,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1976,
1980,
1984;
president,
Communication Workers of America, 1985-2005; president,
Jewish Labor Committee, 1999-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Democratic
National Committee from District of Columbia, 2004.
Jewish.
Died, from pancreatic cancer, in Washington,
D.C., July 30,
2019 (age 93 years, 12
days).
Cremated.
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Lewis Brooks Patterson (1939-2019) —
also known as L. Brooks Patterson —
of Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Loogootee, Martin
County, Ind., January
4, 1939.
Republican. Lawyer; Oakland
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1972-88; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1978; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1984
(alternate), 1988;
Oakland
County Executive, 1993-2019; charged
with reckless
driving following a traffic stop in 2003.
Died, from pancreatic cancer, in Independence Township, Oakland
County, Mich., August
3, 2019 (age 80 years, 211
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alcee Lamar Hastings (1936-2021) —
also known as Alcee L. Hastings —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Altamonte Springs, Seminole
County, Fla., September
5, 1936.
Democrat. U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1979-89;
candidate for secretary
of state of Florida, 1990; U.S.
Representative from Florida 23rd District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Impeached
and removed from
office as federal judge in 1989 over bribery
charges.
Died, from pancreatic cancer, in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., April 6,
2021 (age 84 years, 213
days).
Cremated.
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Harry Mason Reid (1939-2021) —
also known as Harry Reid —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.; Searchlight, Clark
County, Nev.; Henderson, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Searchlight, Clark
County, Nev., December
2, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1969-70; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1970-74; candidate for mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1975; U.S.
Representative from Nevada 1st District, 1983-87; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1987-; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Nevada, 2008.
Mormon.
Died, from pancreatic cancer, in Henderson, Clark
County, Nev., December
28, 2021 (age 82 years, 26
days).
Burial location unknown.
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