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Longtime SE Texas US Rep. Jack Brooks dead at 89
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Last Edited | RBH Dec 05, 2012 01:17am |
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News Date | Wednesday, December 5, 2012 07:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
Description | Former U.S. Rep. Jack Brooks, a Democrat who spent 42 years representing his Southeast Texas district, has died at age 89.
A Jefferson County Sheriff's Department statement says Brooks died Tuesday night at Baptist Hospital of Beaumont after a sudden illness. Deputy Rod Carroll says Brooks, who would have turned 90 on Dec. 18, was surrounded by family when he died. |
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