Rep. Tom Lantos dies

[Stinky The Clown]

Source: MSNBC

WASHINGTON - A spokeswoman for Rep. Tom Lantos of California says the congressman has died.

Spokeswoman Lynne Weill said Monday morning that the 80-year-old Lantos, the only survivor of the Holocaust to serve in Congress, died at Bethesda Naval Medical Center.

Lantos, a Democrat who chaired the House Foreign Affairs Committee, disclosed last month that he had been diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23110194/

[Cooley Hurd]

1. RIP Congressman Lantos

:(

[Cassandra]

2. C-Span also reported the same.

She was reading from something; an AP report, perhaps?

[Stinky The Clown]

3. Still no links

MSNBC still reporting but only doing background on his career - no current details except to confirm his passing.

CNN and FOX have nothing either.

[ingac70]

4. I posted a link here..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3177410&mesg_id=3177410

[Stinky The Clown]

8. OP has been updated

[sabra]

he lived an amazing life. rip :-(

[Blue Diadem]

5. He had cancer of the esophagus

http://www.lantos.org/index.php

Snip from website:

Washington, DC, January 2, 2008 — Congressman Tom Lantos (D-San Mateo, San Francisco) today released the following statement:

"Routine medical tests have revealed that I have cancer of the esophagus. In view of this development and the treatment it will require, I will not seek re-election.

"It is only in the United States that a penniless survivor of the Holocaust and a fighter in the anti-Nazi underground could have received an education, raised a family, and had the privilege of serving the last three decades of his life as a Member of Congress. I will never be able to express fully my profoundly felt gratitude to this great country.
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RIP Mr. Lantos

[0007]

6. RIP Good Man!

[CBHagman]

7. I'm really sad about this.

I always wanted to meet him.

Eternal rest grand unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.

[sabra]

9. dupe

[flashl]

10. RIP Congressman Lantos. nt

[coffeenap]

11. Farewell, Mr. Lantos. Thank you for all you did. nt

[Tarc]

12. He did a lot of good, but...

one glaring bad mark on the resume; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse_Nayirah

[shireen]

13. he was a good man

he wasnt my congressman so I did not know much of his work for CA. But i remember him as a champion for animal rights in the House -- always appreciate that about him.