The New York Times
Mon, February 08, 2010 -- 3:04 PM ET
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John Murtha, Congressman, Dies at 77
Representative John Murtha, the longtime Democratic
congressman from Pennsylvania, has died at age 77.
His aides released a statement saying that he died shortly
after 1 p.m. today at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington,
a suburb of Washington, D.C. Mr. Murtha had been placed in
intensive care last week after complications from gall
bladder surgery, his staff said then.
Mr. Murtha, who had an extremely close relationship with
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was chairman of the House
Appropriations Subcommittee on defense.
A former Marine, Mr. Murtha, his office noted, was the first
Vietnam War combat Veteran elected to Congress. Throughout
his years, Mr. Murtha paid particular attention to defense
spending and to the Pentagon and the military.
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