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Calif. Rep. Tom Lantos dies
by ryan | February 11, 2008 at 06:46 am | 395 views | 3 comments | 5 recommendations
Rep. Tom Lantos, famous for being the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, has died.
Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, has died, his spokeswoman said Monday.
Lynne Weill said that Lantos, 80, passed away at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center in suburban Maryland.
Lantos, a Democrat who chaired the House Foreign Affairs Committee, disclosed last month that he had been diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus.
He said at the time that he would serve out his 14th term but would not seek re-election in his Northern California district, which takes in the southwest portion of San Francisco and suburbs to the south including Lantos' home of San Mateo
February 11, 2008 at 06:46 am by ryan, 395 views, 3 comments
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at 06:48 on February 11th, 2008
ryan nadel, thanks for getting this story out so quickly. It will now show up on the home page for four hours. If new developments justify it, I'll renew this flag for another cycle.
at 06:49 on February 11th, 2008
ryan nadel, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 08:40 on February 11th, 2008
Hey, ryan nadel, thanks for getting this up so quickly... I'm removing the urgent flag for this story for the time being. If there are any new developments, please let me know.