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Longest-serving US congressman Don Young dies aged 88
More on this story from yesterday.
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] The 88-year-old congressman died while traveling home to Alaska

  • Young lost consciousness on a flight from Los Angeles to Seattle and could not be resuscitated

  • 'Don Young's legacy as a fighter for the state will live on, as will his fundamental goodness and honor,' his office said

  • Young was the longest-serving member of the current U.S. Congress and represented Alaska for 25 terms

  • Last year he filed to enter this November's election

  • In Congress, he was known for directing billions of dollars of federal money to Alaska, the largest state in the country but with one of the smallest populations

  • In late 2020, Young was diagnosed with COVID-19 after he had earlier ridiculed the disease as a 'beer virus'

Posted by: Fred 2022-03-20
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