Senator Robert C. Byrd Has Died
Submitted by GreyHawk on June 28, 2010 - 06:12
From the Sunday Gazette Mail online:
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June 28, 2010
U.S. SEN. ROBERT C. BYRD DIES AT 92
By Greg Moore,
The Charleston GazetteCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Robert Carlyle Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress in United States history, who spent much of his career as a conservative Democrat and ended it by fiercely opposing the war in Iraq and questioning the state's powerful coal industry, died Monday. He was 92.
"I am saddened that the family of U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., tearfully announces the passing" of the senator, Jesse Jacobs, Byrd's press spokesman, said in a statement.
Byrd died at 3 a.m. at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., according to the statement.
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May he rest in peace.
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Connecticut Man1
June 28, 2010 - 07:33
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A note on this from
Rachel Maddow's Blog:
Who knew?
[ed note] fixed link. OOPS.
GreyHawk
June 28, 2010 - 17:50
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The "copy of this" link doesn't work. :(
It goes to an error page.
GreyHawk
June 28, 2010 - 17:52
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...should be a link to
the book Mountain Fiddler on Amazon.
luaptifer
June 28, 2010 - 18:43
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I still remember him coming in
in his wheelchair, to cast one essential vote. There are other reasons to lionize the Senator who, like all of us, had imperfections.
Unlike some, Senator Byrd moved beyond big ones.
I hope he's in a better place, certainly in peace.
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