John Conyers, later in November 2017, in the wake of allegations that he had sexually harassed female staff members and secretly used taxpayer money to settle a harassment claim, the news media reported that Conyers intended to retire from Congress…
“It is with a broken heart, shattered spirit, and overwhelming sadness I share my husband Congressman Jim Hagedorn passed away peacefully last night,” his wife, Jennifer Carnahan, wrote in a Facebook post. “Jim loved our country and loved representing the…
Luke Letlow, Louisiana’s incoming Republican member of the U.S. House, died Tuesday night from complications related to COVID-19 only days before being sworn into office. He was 41. Letlow spokesman Andrew Bautsch confirmed the ‘congressman-elect’s’ death at Ochsner-LSU Health Shreveport. “The family appreciates the…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Mark Souder, a Republican who represented northeastern Indiana in Congress for more than 15 years, has died. He was 72. Souder disclosed in January that he had inoperable pancreatic cancer. Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana noted Souder’s…
Bill Russell, born William Felton Russell on February 12, 1934, was an American professional basketball player. He played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. A five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time NBA All-Star, he was the centrepiece of the…
Orrin Hatch served in the chamber for 42 years, from 1977 to 2019. He died in Salt Lake City on Saturday at the age of 88. The Hatch Foundation confirmed his death in a release, which did not include a…
Donald Rumsfeld, the acerbic architect of the Iraq war and a master Washington power player who served as US secretary of defense for two presidents, has died at the age of 88. The pugnacious businessman, bureaucrat, and former lawmaker helped…
Elijah Cummings, Democrats’ impeachment inquiry and a fierce critic of President Donald Trump, has died. Cummings, 68, passed away Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications concerning long-standing health challenges, according to a statement from his office. The Maryland…
Former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh, who championed the Title IX federal law banning discrimination against women in college admissions and sports, died at his home Thursday at age 91. Bayh was surrounded by family at his home in Easton, Maryland…
Died on his 76th birthday, is Congressman Walter Jones Jr., of North Carolina, a congressman who so enthusiastically supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq is dead at 76. The congressman office confirmed the death in a statement. Recently, his office…
94-year-old George HW Bush, who as the 41st president shepherded the US through a turbulent period in global relations that included the breakup of the Soviet Union and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, has died. He was 94. A statement…
