U.S. Rep. Julia Carson Dies After Battle With Lung Cancer

U.S. Rep. Julia Carson Dies After Battle With Lung Cancer

U.S. Rep. Julia Carson died at home this morning following a battle with lung cancer. She was 69.

Carson's death comes just weeks after she announced the cancer, which she had beaten before, was back with "terminal vengeance."

Two days later, she said she would not seek re-election to a seventh term in 2008, saying her time away from Congress would be "a time to weep and a time to laugh," and she added, "a time to heal."

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