RIP Representative John Dingell, 92
John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in history, died Thursday at the age of 92.
Dingell recently entered hospice care after a cancer diagnosis.
Rep. Deborah Dingell (D-Mich.), Dingell's successor in Congress and his wife, confirmed his death to the Detroit News.
First elected in 1955, Dingell became revered on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill for his legislative prowess while shaping some of the most consequential bills in the last century.
After a historic tenure that included landmark votes on civil rights, authorizing wars, and Medicare, Dingell retired in 2014 in frustration over the entrenched partisanship that came to define Congress in his final years.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/428805-former-rep-john-dingell-dies-at-92
A legend is gone.
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