Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones died suddenly Wednesday of an aneurysm.
President Bush said Tubbs Jones "was an effective legislator who was dedicated to helping small businesses, improving local schools, expanding job opportunities for Ohioans and ensuring that more of them have access to health care.
"After making history as the first African-American woman elected to Congress from Ohio, the congresswoman worked to expand the rights of all Americans," Bush said.
Tubbs Jones built a reputation in Congress for speaking out. In 2003, she was the only Ohioan in Congress to vote against a resolution supporting U.S. troops in Iraq.
Also now among the dearly departed:
The Shogun of Harlem, Julius Carry III aka "Sho Nuff" of "Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon" has died at 58. This is going around the Web and I haven't heard anything definitive other than MediaTakeOut reported it first.
Either way. You can still kiss his Converse.
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"Memoriam?"
See? I kept spelling it and respelling it and it never looked right.
Thanks.
It's hard to separate the hideous way she behaved from some of the good she did. But she was ripe for a primary challenger next election because she had been dropping the ball. Of course none of that matters in the end you know?
Or is this the Clinton Curse striking again?
Is there a Clinton curse? Dianne Feinstein broke her ankle and will miss the convention.
That is a creepy coincidence.
And LeRoi Moore, saxaphonist and musical arranger for the Dave Matthews Band died this week too.
What's going on, Snob? It seems like every time I turn on the TV or Computer another famous black person is dead...
Bruce Leeroy Vs. Sho Nuff !!!
Full of Total Win !!
Total Epic Battle !!!!
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