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Obama Nevada Campaign Director Dies At 44
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| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Nov 03, 2008 10:05pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, November 4, 2008 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A longtime political operative from New York who directed Barack Obama's presidential campaign in the swing state of Nevada died of a heart attack just two days before the election at the age of 44.
Terence Tolbert was stricken at about 8 p.m. Sunday while driving alone near the campaign offices in North Las Vegas. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died. No one else was injured, campaign spokeswoman Kirsten Searer said.
Tolbert lived in Harlem and had built a sparkling resume in his many years in New York politics, but the Obama campaign meant more to him than any other job, said Basil Smikle, a political consultant and longtime friend of Tolbert.
"He took his role there very seriously," Smikle said. "He may have given all that he had for it."
The death was one of two tragedies to strike the Obama campaign on the eve of the election. Obama's grandmother died in Hawaii on Monday at the age of 86.
Tolbert had left his job as the chief lobbyist for New York City's public schools at the state capital in Albany to work for Obama. He had previously worked for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and as chief of staff to Democratic state Assemblyman Keith Wright and in other government and campaign posts.
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